With a global footprint, Jones Day excels at providing regulatory advice and representing clients in litigation and investigations, particularly for matters relating to securities law. Operating out of San Francisco, Abradat Kamalpour counsels on transactions as well as the creation and legal build-out of cryptocurrencies and payment systems, while Rita Yoon is a successful trial lawyer, defending clients in intellectual property litigation and ITC investigations. In Dallas, Mark Rasmussen focuses on securities regulation and litigation issues, and based in Washington DC, Laura Pruitt brings a wealth of experience from her time at the SEC to provide clients with advice on broker-dealer registration and compliance, ATSs, and investment adviser regulation.  
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Accolades

Client satisfaction

Key clients

  • Janus Henderson
  • Laser Digital (Nomura)
  • Komainu
  • EDX Markets
  • Galaxy Digital
  • TaxBit, Inc.
  • Circle Internet Financial, LLC
  • KalshiEX LLC
  • Blockchain Association
  • Figment

Work highlights

  • Advising TaxBit on its bet-the-company trade secret litigation against a ProfitStance regarding digital asset accounting software
  • Advising Janus Henderson Investors on a tokenized money market fund being implemented in collaboration with Anemoy and Centrifuge.
  • Advising Crypto.com on its landmark lawsuit in Texas against the SEC and its commissioners regarding the SEC’s jurisdiction to regulate digital assets sold on secondary-market platforms.

Lawyers

Practice head

Jayant W. Tambe; Craig A. Waldman

Other key lawyers

Abradat Kamalpour; Rita Yoon; Mark Rasmussen; Laura Pruitt