Jenny Cieplak

Ms. Cieplak’s experience includes advising:

• Coinbase in its entry into a new strategic and commercial relationship with Circle related to the stablecoin USDC, including acquisition of an equity interest in Circle and entry into a new commercial agreement for the sharing of USDC interest revenues
• Bank of America, Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo in the creation of Octaura, a new data-driven solution for trading of loans and CLOs, with Moody’s Analytics as co-investor and commercial partner, and ongoing representation of Octaura as outside general counsel 
• Bank of America, Citi, Credit Suisse, and J.P. Morgan in the creation of Versana, a new platform for sharing syndicated loan data, and ongoing representation of Versana as outside general counsel
• Leading financial industry participants (including leading crypto investment funds, market makers, investment banks, and financial infrastructure providers) in numerous strategic investments and acquisitions, such as:
  • ParaFi Capital in numerous investments in the digital asset space, including ConsenSys, OnJuno, and Oxio
  • Jump Trading in numerous investments in the digital asset space, including Aptos and Kucoin
  • Goldman Sachs in its investment in Anchorage Digital, a platform that provides custody, trading, staking, and financing services to digital asset investors 
  • ICAP (now CME/NEX) in its investment in and eventual acquisition of Enso Financial Management, a provider of innovative portfolio reporting and data analytics services for hedge funds and asset managers*
• Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley in their investment in Capital Markets Gateway and the negotiation of agreements for CMG’s XC platform for equity capital markets
• A consortium of banks, including ABN AMRO Clearing, Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and UBS, in the creation of a new company and the acquisition by this new company of FIA Tech from The Futures Industry Association
• Bank of America, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Morgan Stanley in the creation of DirectBooks, a new platform to optimize the issuance process for fixed income instruments, and ongoing representation of DirectBooks as it brought its platform live
• R3 on creating both its enterprise licensing structure and a framework for operating business networks using its blockchain-inspired technology*
• R3 and a consortium of global financial institutions in their initial collaborative exploration of distributed ledger and blockchain technology, followed by representation of R3 in the largest-ever investment in a distributed ledger technology provider, with investment from 44 global institutions*
• Goldman Sachs and its wholly owned subsidiary SIMON Markets, an electronic platform for the distribution of structured investment products, in the sale of an equity stake in SIMON to Barclays, Credit Suisse’s NEXT Investors, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Prudential, and another global bank*
• BlackRock as a development partner with Intercontinental Exchange to create a centralized industry platform to facilitate creation and redemption orders for exchange-traded funds*
• FXSpotStream — a multibank FX price aggregation service in which Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Citi, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and UBS act as liquidity providers — on a variety of matters as outside general counsel*
• Goldman Sachs and its wholly owned subsidiary REDI, an electronic trading platform, in the sale of an equity stake in REDI to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Lightyear Capital, and another leading global market maker*
• Thirteen leading investment banks in a prepaid fee arrangement with a third party to fund the build-out of a swap data repository*
• Eight leading commercial and investment banks in their investment in a data exchange, and accompanying restructuring regarding privacy and third-party technology service provider arrangements*
• ICAP and its wholly owned subsidiary Traiana in the sale of an equity stake in Traiana to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Nomura, and Royal Bank of Scotland*
• The Green Exchange — a designated contract market owned by a consortium including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and other major market participants — on a variety of matters as outside corporate counsel, including in connection with its sale to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham