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Trends and Developments Contributed by: Ryan David Williams, Betsie Stukenborg and Lauren Simon Ashbury Legal Ashbury Legal is a full-stack legal practice for fron- tier technology. The firm specialises in helping start- ups, established technology companies and venture capital investors strategically operate in areas where innovation has outpaced the law – by translating complex and uncertain rules into clear, actionable guidance. Ashbury has spent the last decade helping engineer the legal infrastructures that paved the way for mainstream crypto adoption – earning a national
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ranking by Chambers in FinTech: Blockchain & Cryp- tocurrencies. Today, Ashbury attorneys apply the skills, methodologies and perspectives developed in crypto to help bring the next generation of fron- tier technologies to market. Ashbury clients include early-stage start-ups building the tech of tomorrow, along with industry leaders such as Binance, Chain- link, Ripple, Ondo, Animoca, Stellar, Framework Ven- tures and Bankr.
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Ryan David Williams is the founding partner of Ashbury and an early adopter of blockchain technology. Since 2016, Ryan has advised over 250 blockchain-based projects, earning a national reputation for his
Betsie Stukenborg is counsel at Ashbury, where she advises frontier tech companies across every stage of the business life cycle, from formation and product design through financing rounds and exit events. She is a true
pragmatic approach to navigating complex and uncertain regulatory environments. Ryan’s practice is defined by his holistic focus on frontier tech, and defies adherence to traditional practice areas. He regularly advises clients on product design, capital raising, liquidity events, corporate governance, regulatory enforcement and day-to-day operations. Before founding Ashbury, Ryan worked in the Capital Markets Group at Morrison & Foerster and in the Technology Companies Group at Orrick.
generalist, advising on both day-to-day corporate needs and high-stakes transactions. Her experience spans early-stage financings through multi-billion- dollar public offerings and exits, giving her a practical, end-to-end view of how companies scale. Before joining Ashbury, Betsie spent eight years in the emerging companies practice at Latham & Watkins LLP.
Lauren Simon is an associate at Ashbury, where she advises start-ups and investors at the forefront of Web3. Her practice spans the full business life cycle, with a particular focus on buy and sell-side M&A
transactions involving blockchain-based businesses. Before joining Ashbury, Lauren was an associate in Goodwin’s Technology and Emerging Companies group.
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