Crystal Kaldjob > Goodwin > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Goodwin Offices

1900 N Street NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
United States
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Crystal Kaldjob

Position
Partner
Career
A partner in Goodwin’s Financial Industry group, Crystal focuses her practice on advising financial services clients on a wide range of issues in regulatory and transactional contexts. Crystal provides practical, solution-oriented regulatory and transactional assistance to merchants, emerging companies, fintech companies, banks and other financial institutions on strategic partnerships, including structuring and negotiating private label, co-brand credit card and point-of-sale financing partnerships, asset purchases, and loan portfolio sales and acquisitions. Her regulatory experience involves advising fintechs, financial institutions and merchants on compliance with consumer and retail banking laws, including laws related to the offering and operation of consumer credit, deposit, payments and other financial products and services.
Education
JD, Georgetown University Law Center / BA, University of Virginia
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Fintech
A strong choice for clients in the financial services, technology, and private equity sectors, Goodwin boasts a large team capable of advising on payments, financing for start-ups, litigation involving class actions, and transactional work. Mitzi Chang, based in San Francisco, is recognized for her expertise in investment matters and regulatory guidance on new products within the blockchain and Web3 space, while in Santa Monica, David Ajalat focuses on company formation and structuring, corporate governance, IPOs, and SEC reporting and compliance. In Silicon Valley, Grant Fondo leads in representing venture capital firms, financial institutions, and DAOs in litigation and investigation matters, and working out of Washington DC, Crystal Kaldjob, provides transactional and regulatory counsel to banks and other financial institutions on strategic partnerships. In New York, Meghan Spillane represents individuals and companies in complex civil litigation as well as at all stages of government investigations.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation