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SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111-6538
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Zachary Fallon

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Position

Zachary Fallon, a former Senior Special Counsel at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, represents clients navigating the intersection of federal securities laws and innovative financial technologies.

Zachary draws on extensive practical legal and regulatory experience to guide companies, investors, intermediaries, and other market participants on:

    • Securities law compliance obligations and strategic considerations
    • Cryptocurrency-related matters
    • Financings, including smaller public offerings (e.g., Regulation A) and private venture capital and angel rounds
    • Securities law defense in SEC and state agency investigations
    • Emerging company issues
    • General corporate matters

While at the SEC, Zachary served as Special Advisor to the SEC’s General Counsel, Attorney Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel’s General Litigation and Administrative Practice’s group, Senior Counsel in the Office of Small Business Policy in the Division of Corporation Finance, and later Senior Special Counsel to the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance.

He led key SEC-wide internal investigations in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and played an important role in many regulatory policy decisions following the JOBS Act’s adoption in 2012. He was the principal drafter of Regulation A and the SEC’s proposing release on Intrastate and Regional Crowdfunding exemptions, and participated in over a dozen SEC rulemaking efforts impacting securities issuers and intermediaries.

A recognized leader of the securities law bar, Zachary routinely works with and advises market participants on the implications of ongoing legislative and regulatory efforts in the financial technology sector. As part of these efforts, he frequently helps formulate policy and engages with policymakers on legislative and regulatory efforts, as well as presents as a thought leader on issues related securities laws and digital assets.

Before rejoining Latham, Zachary was co-founder and partner of a financial technology focused law firm, and founder of a crowdfunding marketplace.

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United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies

Favored for its ability to utilize its premier technology and life sciences offerings, Latham & Watkins LLP’s emerging companies and venture capital practice acts for an array of start-ups and growth companies on formations through to funding and exit transactions. The team also represents venture capital funds and other financial institutions on investment and exit strategies. In Silicon Valley, emerging companies chair Benjamin Potter is the key contact for a raft of start-up technology, fintech, healthcare, and life sciences clients; he recently advised Eigen Labs on its $100m Series B financing. Rounding out the lead partners are global department vice chairs Brian Patterson, who sits in San Francisco, and Haim Zaltzman, who splits his time between New York, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. In Century City, Alex Voxman is equipped to advise emerging companies and venture capital funds on the full suite of corporate, M&A, and financing matters, while in Boston Stephen Ranere specializes in venture capital and corporate transactions in the technology and life sciences sectors. Also in Boston, John Chory handles both company formations and subsequent IPOs. The group was boosted in 2024 by the hire of three new partners in San Francisco: duo Seth Gottlieb and Alex Kassai joined from Cooley LLP, while Zachary Fallon joined from technology-focused firm, Ketsal.

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