Jasmine Hopkinson

jasmine.hopkinson@lw.com

+44.20.7866.2748

Profile

Jasmine Hopkinson is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Fintech Industry Group.

Jasmine advises a wide range of clients, including technology companies, financial institutions, payments service providers, cryptocurrency platforms, and e-money platforms, on all aspects of financial regulation.

Jasmine trained in the firm’s London office, gaining experience in the Corporate, Banking, and Litigation & Trial departments, in addition to the Fintech Practice. She is a local co-leader of the London office’s Asian & Middle Eastern Lawyers Group.

Experience

Jasmine’s experience includes advising:

Coinbase on:
- Its US$375 million acquisition of Echo, a community-based onchain investment platform
- Its acquisition of Sentillia BV (dba Deribit), a UAE-based crypto derivatives exchange
- Obtaining its EU MiCA license
FTMO, one of the leading proprietary trading firms, on the acquisition of OANDA Global Corporation, the online trading group
A tech startup on structuring and launching a first-in-kind platform for company private capital-raising
Fintech clients on the structuring and regulatory treatment of their businesses, including authorization and compliance
Global cryptoasset service providers and payment service providers on structuring and launching new cryptoasset and payments products across multiple jurisdictions, including stablecoins
Cryptoasset service providers in relation to compliance with the cryptoasset travel rule and the UK financial promotions regime

Qualifications

Bar Qualification

England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

LPC MSc in Law, Business and Management, University of Law, London Moorgate, 2019
GDL, City University of London, 2018
BA (Hons) History, University of Oxford, 2016