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Kristin Boggiano

Partner
New York
About

Kristin Boggiano is a seasoned legal and business executive with extensive experience in financial markets, digital assets, blockchain technology and artificial intelligence. Over her distinguished career, she has successfully built innovative financial products and trading platforms, including digital asset, non-fungible token, decentralized, quantitative, and derivative based platforms. She has an extensive structured credit and private fund background. She also has a track record of navigating complex regulatory landscapes, having worked closely with policymakers and regulatory bodies across the globe, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and international authorities.

A recognized industry leader, Kristin has served on numerous boards, founded influential organizations such as the Digital Asset Regulatory Legal Alliance (DARLA) and Women in Financial Markets, and authored over 40 articles on regulatory and technological advancements. With a background in law, business, and finance, Kristin provides clients with innovative, compliant solutions that align with evolving market demands.

Areas of FocusRegulatory and Government AffairsFinancial Services RegulatoryFinancial ServicesInvestment Management and Funds
Bar admissionsNew York

EXPERIENCE

  • Built a digital asset trading platform in the US and a spot/futures exchange in Bermuda, with a market-making arm and an Over-The-Counter (OTC) desk, the first entity to receive a Digital Asset Business Act (DABA) license from the sandbox
  • Partnered with a US bank to build lending structures with US companies, taking digital assets, mining equipment, and other assets as collateral
  • Built a digital asset platform in India and conducted extensive meetings with Indian policymakers regarding technology policies, Web3, blockchain, and digital assets
  • Structured vehicles in Bermuda to provide US institutional investors with synthetic exposure to digital assets, investing through their offshore entities
  • Founded and built a digital assets capital markets firm, including the negotiation of all investors, customers, vendors, and trading counterparties globally
  • Built an NFT platform on ether (ETH) and XRP blockchains, offering fractionalized art and sports teams
  • Conducted extensive research on launching a stablecoin out of the UK with the Bank of London
  • Provided strategic direction on business development and on regulatory risks
  • Made significant contributions to developing cybersecurity policies and procedures given the multiple hacks into the company's software
  • Provided security and commodity law advice related to product development and product offerings, applying her background in capital markets and transactions
  • Met and actively engaged with regulators in the US (Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of Financial Services, Treasury, and the Fed) and abroad (from Commissioners to fintech sandboxes), including in Canada, the UK, Germany, Malta, Bermuda, Brazil, Singapore, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai
  • Worked with private and credit funds, both on the structuring of the funds and the underlying investments
  • Advised on trading-related issues, conflicts, fees, custody rule issues, suitability, best execution, and trade allocation, among many other matters
  • Drafted contracts and disclosure documents
  • Produced quarterly reports for the firm’s executive committee
  • Prepared with former General Counsel for all regulatory risks that were expected to have a material impact on broker dealers, insurance arms, and asset management group
  • Communicated extensive with regulatory bodies
  • Developed extensive experience in structured credit and equity products
  • Created numerous products, including collateralized loan and debt obligations, derivative structures on a variety of underlyings (residential mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-back securities, private funds, weather, etc.), credit-linked notes, and equity-linked notes
  • Provided creative financings through multiple vehicles and structures
  • Served as counsel to collateral managers, underwriters, insurance companies, hedge funds, and broker-dealers
  • Drafted warehousing facilities, indentures, private placement memoranda, placement agency agreements, repurchase agreements, derivatives, and lending agreements
  • Served as point person regard Title VII of Dodd Frank and followed the progression of Title VII legislation and all proposed and final rules that impacted trading, hedge funds, and asset managers
  • Drafted comment letters on behalf of clients
  • Represented the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's Asset Management Group (SIFMA AMG) and worked with the Managed Funds Association (MFA) to influence the outcome of rules and interpretations
  • Prepared and distributed advisories and updates to clients regarding regulatory changes and their potential impacts
  • Assisted clients in compliance with rules regulations
  • Served as subject matter expert on CFTC derivatives rules
  • Advised private fund managers (from start-ups to more than US$100 billion funds) as lead counsel and/or senior strategist on business initiatives including management company and fund structuring
  • Structured seed deals for emerging managers and spin-off portfolios from dealers
  • Advised on regulatory issues such as short selling, reporting obligations, and valuation issues
  • Advised on trading, risk management, and compliance
  • Negotiated with fund counterparties including prime brokers, administrators, trading platforms, and custodians
     
Education
  • J.D., Northeastern University School of Law
  • M.B.A., Northeastern University
  • B.A., Sarah Lawrence College

Memberships

  • Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
    • Asset Management Group
  • International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)
  • Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA)
  • All Indian Management Association (AIMA)
  • Managed Funds Association (MFA) 
  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar Association
  • City Bar Association

My latest insights

Publication

Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends – March 2025

24 March 2025 .30 minute read

Publication

Congress deliberates legislation establishing a legal framework for stablecoins

24 March 2025 .3 minute read

Publication

Agencies ease crypto scrutiny as White House advances its digital assets policy

13 March 2025 .13 minute read

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+1 212 335 4585
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