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Andrew Hinkes

Andrew Hinkes

Winston & Strawn LLP, United States

Work Department

Financial Innovation & Regulation

Position

Andrew “Drew” Hinkes focuses his practice on digital assets, advising financial services clients from startups to multinational corporations on a wide range of matters including securities regulation, payment systems and money services business regulation, lending and staking, secured transactions including digital assets as collateral, structuring and governance of DeFi protocols and similar applications, anti-money laundering compliance, non-fungible tokens, stablecoins and other related technologies.

Drew has played a significant role in shaping legal standards for the industry, notably through his work with the Uniform Law Commission, where he contributed to the 2022 Amendments to the UCC, which integrate digital assets as controllable electronic records. Drew is a frequent speaker and writer on topics related to digital assets, with a particular focus on decentralized ventures, insolvency and digital assets, and regulation of digital assets, and is frequently quoted for his insights into digital assets and regulation, including features or quotes by The New York Times, Bloomberg, American Banker, MIT Technology Review, Time, Barrons, and CoinDesk, among others. Additionally, Drew is a co-author of Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology: US Law and Regulation (Elgar 2020), a first-of-its-kind legal textbook designed for law and other graduate-level students.

Languages

English

Memberships

Admissions Florida

Education

Drew received his A.B. from Washington University in St. Louis. He earned his J.D. from University of Miami School of Law.

Personal

Fellow, American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers Chambers USA - Recognized for FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies, 2024 Legal 500 US - “Recommended Attorney” for Finance: Fintech, 2023-2025 Daily Business Review - “Florida Legal Trailblazer,” 2019 Florida Super Lawyers, 2018-2019 CoinDesk - “Most Influential People” nominated for Blockchain, 2017 South Florida Legal Guide - “Top Up and Comer,” 2016-2017 Florida Rising Stars, 2013-2015

Leisure

Academic: Florida State University School of Law, Visiting in Lieu of Adjunct (2025) New York University Stern School of Business, Adjunct Associate Professor (2018-present) NYU School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Law (2018-present) Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia “Professor specializing in Fintech Law,” (Spring 2021)

Legal Industry:

Digital Currency and Ledger Defense Coalition, Member (2018-present) Business Section of The Florida Bar, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Task Force/Committee, Member (2017-present) American Bar Association, Business Section, Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Emerging Technologies Subcommittee, Co-Chair (2022-present) UNIDROIT Working Group on Digital Assets and Private Law, Observer (2020-2022) Uniform Law Commission/American Law Institute Digital Assets Working Group, Adviser (2019-2022)

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