Practitioners highlighted for a distinctive sub-specialty edge in this field — beyond the directory criteria.
United States Senate · United States
Editor's note. Co-sponsor of GENIUS Act (US federal stablecoin framework) and broader US crypto-asset legislative architecture. Most prominent congressional voice on crypto legislation.
Cynthia M. Lummis is United States Senator from Wyoming and one of the most prominent congressional voices on crypto-asset legislation. Senator Lummis co-sponsored the GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins Act of 2025), the federal stablecoin regulatory framework that took effect in the US stablecoin landscape. She has been an advocate for crypto-asset legislative clarity since entering the Senate in 2021 and is one of the principal legislative architects of the emerging US federal crypto-asset framework.
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US Securities and Exchange Commission · United States
Editor's note. Most influential US regulator-side voice on token-classification and the Howey test. Token Safe Harbor proposal essential primary-source reading for US securities-law analysis.
Hester Peirce is a Commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Known publicly as "Crypto Mom" for her constructive engagement with the crypto-asset industry, Peirce has been one of the most-influential US regulator voices on token-classification, the Howey test application to crypto-assets, and the broader securities-law framework for digital assets. She proposed the influential "Safe Harbor" framework for token offerings designed to provide a regulated pathway for token network development. Her dissents on SEC enforcement actions against crypto operators have been widely cited and have shaped industry understanding of US securities-law boundaries.
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ISOLAS LLP · Gibraltar, United Kingdom
Editor's note. Architect of the world's first dedicated DLT regulatory framework (Gibraltar 2018). Chambers FinTech Band 1 ranked counsel for Gibraltar.
Joey Garcia is Partner at ISOLAS LLP in Gibraltar — one of Gibraltar's oldest and most prominent law firms and the principal counsel on the development of the Gibraltar Distributed Ledger Technology regulatory framework. Garcia was one of the architects of the world's first dedicated DLT regulatory framework launched by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission in January 2018. His practice covers DLT licence applications, crypto-asset fund formation, blockchain technology law, and the broader Gibraltar fintech regulatory landscape.
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Manimama · Estonia, Lithuania, European Union, Ukraine
Editor's note. Founder of CLPAI #2-ranked firm Manimama. Author of Ukraine's virtual-asset law and former General Counsel at KUNA — distinctive regulator-side + private-practice combination.
Ganna Voievodina is CEO and Founding Partner of Manimama, the international fintech law firm headquartered in Tallinn (Manimama OÜ) with offices in Lithuania. She has 16 years of legal experience and has been a licensed attorney in Ukraine since 2012. Before founding Manimama, Ganna served six years as Chief Legal Officer of the cryptocurrency exchange KUNA. She is the author of Ukraine's Law "About Virtual Assets" and is pursuing a PhD in international law.
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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.
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Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados · Portugal, European Union
Editor's note. Portugal's most consistently cited crypto-asset regulation author — the GLI Blockchain & Cryptocurrency chapter for Portugal each year carries his name.
Filipe Vaz Pinto is a Partner at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados (MLGTS) in Lisbon, co-head of the firm's dispute resolution team and a member of the board. He joined MLGTS in 2002 and became partner in 2014. He is the recognised Portugal author for crypto-asset regulation in Global Legal Insights and Chambers — covering MiCA implementation under Law 27/2024, the Banco de Portugal pre-MiCA register transition, and the CMVM's supervisory framework.
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Gide Loyrette Nouel · France, European Union
Editor's note. Ex-AMF Fintech Division founder — the rare French crypto practitioner with deep regulator-side experience plus an active private practice. Distinctive credibility under Hard Rule #24.
Franck Guiader is Head of Practice for Innovation, Digital Finance, Fintech, AI and Web3 at Gide Loyrette Nouel in Paris. Between 2011 and 2018 he was Director of the Asset Management Regulation Division at the French AMF and subsequently established and headed its Fintech, Innovation and Competitiveness division. He is one of the key architects of the Paris financial market's digital-assets framework and a leading voice on MiCA implementation in France.
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A&O Shearman · Spain, European Union
Editor's note. One of Spain's go-to fintech-regulation partners — advised on early Spanish blockchain capital-markets issuances and ranks Band 1 in Chambers Spain Fintech.
Salvador Norberto Ruiz Bachs is a Partner at A&O Shearman in Madrid and one of Spain's recognised fintech and digital-finance practitioners. He is an expert in debt capital markets, derivatives, structured finance, and financial regulation, and has advised on some of the first blockchain capital-markets issuances and ongoing crypto-currency business under the CNMV's MiCA regime.
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP · United Kingdom, European Union
Editor's note. Chambers-ranked FinTech partner who also writes a recurring cryptoasset column for Practical Law — a deeper public-record footprint than most MiCA CASP practitioners.
Charles Kerrigan is a Partner in CMS's Corporate Finance team in London and a member of the firm's crypto and digital-assets practice. He writes a regular cryptoasset column for Practical Law (Thomson Reuters) and is ranked by Chambers in FinTech. His MiCA CASP work spans authorisation strategy, governance build-out, and token classification at the MiCA/MiFID boundary.
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