Crypto M&A and qualifying holdings

Lewis Cohen

Cahill Gordon & Reindel (CahillNXT) · United States

Editor's note. Chambers Global Band 1 — one of only three US lawyers at the top band for blockchain & cryptocurrencies. Combination of 20+ years capital-markets seniority and crypto-asset depth is distinctive.

Lewis Cohen is Partner and Co-chair of the CahillNXT crypto-and-digital-assets practice at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in New York. Previously co-founder of DLx Law, joined Cahill in May 2024 to expand the firm's crypto practice. With 20+ years as a traditional capital-markets and finance partner at two Global Top 50 law firms, Lewis is recognised by Chambers Global as one of only three lawyers in "Band 1" for Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies in the USA.

Max Dilendorf

Dilendorf Law Firm · United States

Editor's note. Founder of Dilendorf Law Firm — one of the first US digital-asset-dedicated practices, founded 2017. Distinctive track record on consumer-arbitration matters against major exchanges.

Max Dilendorf is Founder of Dilendorf Law Firm in New York, one of the first US attorneys to dedicate his practice to digital-asset law. He founded the firm in 2017 and has 15+ years of experience advising US and international clients on digital-asset custody, regulatory compliance, asset protection, estate planning, cybercrime recovery, and cross-border structuring. He has represented clients in 130+ consumer arbitration matters against major crypto exchanges including Coinbase and Gemini.

Michael Gilson

Davis Polk & Wardwell · United States

Editor's note. Lead M&A partner on the largest crypto acquisition of 2025 — CoreWeave's USD 9bn all-stock take-out of Core Scientific. Davis Polk's go-to deal counsel for crypto-adjacent transactions.

Michael Gilson is a Partner in Davis Polk's Mergers & Acquisitions practice in New York, elected partner in July 2022. He advises US and international corporate and private equity clients on public and private transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, spinoffs, restructurings, and special-committee representations. He led Davis Polk's representation of CoreWeave on its USD 9 billion all-stock acquisition of crypto miner Core Scientific — the largest crypto-asset M&A transaction of 2025.