Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset Regulation

Deborah Meshulam is a partner at DLA Piper where she is one of the leaders of the firm’s Securities Enforcement practice.  She has a broad regulatory practice which includes defending clients facing claims of securities law violations, and conducting cross-border investigations for multinational corporations.  She regularly advises clients on compliance matters and litigation avoidance and counsels them on a wide range of regulatory matters including the application of the federal securities laws to digital assets.  She advises exchanges, digital asset issuers, and regulated entities on these issues.  Deborah has published multiple articles related to the SEC’s regulation of digital assets is a sought-after speaker on this and related topics. She has been repeatedly recognized by legal industry publications including most recently by the Legal 500 for her work in Securities Litigation-Defense and Who’s Who Legal Investigations: 2021 as a Global Leader in investigations.  She is a past recipient of the Burton Award for Legal Achievement, run in alliance with the Law Library of Congress.  She is also recognized as a Washington DC Super Lawyer in Securities Litigation.  She formerly served as Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel in the SEC’s Division of Enforcement. Michael Fluhr practices at DLA Piper LLP (US), where he counsels and defends companies in a wide variety of complex, commercial disputes. Michael focuses his practice on the financial sector, including the blockchain and digital asset space, where he advises and defends exchanges, issuers, and related companies. Sought-after for his deep understanding of the space and technology, Michael has been quoted in media and regularly publishes and speaks about issues germane to blockchain and digital assets, including securities analysis, intellectual property rights, and regulation of the NFT space.