Carey Olsen

Banking and Finance, Corporate

Simon Galante is an associate in the corporate team, based in the Cayman Islands. He specialises in fintech and digital assets, and has a background in international corporate, banking and finance matters.

Simon advises clients on both the buy and sell side of the fintech, crypto and digital assets markets, including: structuring and regulatory advice in connection with token issuances and early-stage fundraising; DeFi protocols; decentralised autonomous organisations (or DAOs); centralised and decentralised exchanges; wallet providers; VC funds; NFT and gaming platforms; and mining staking (including re-staking and liquid re-staking) operations. In addition, Simon advises clients in the regulated sector in connection with applications under the Cayman Islands VASP regimes.

Simon also advises on a broad range of cross-border Corporate, Banking and Financial Regulation matters, including debt capital markets, M&A, fund finance (PE and hedge funds), structured finance (including securitisations and CLOs) and derivatives.

Simon is an accomplished public speaker in the finance industry, particularly in crypto and digital assets. He has also written articles on Capital Markets and the future of crypto assets.

Prior to joining Carey Olsen, Simon worked at DLA Piper (London) for 5 years, working on a full spectrum corporate and finance matters (including DCM, fund finance, securitisations, CLOs and M&A acquisition financing).

Simon was admitted as a solicitor to Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2021.

Simon graduated from the University of Bristol with a BA in History (First Class Honours). He obtained a graduate diploma in law (Distinction) and a Msc in Law, Business and Management (First Class Honours) from the University of Law.