Chris Kotarba
Chris K works with various clients across the financial services industry, including in fintech and payments, but also technology (SaaS and hardware) and biotechnology. In the digital assets subsector, he represents protocols, exchanges, market makers, funds, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and developers. He has deep knowledge of stablecoins, real world assets, token compensation, and reporting.
Some of Chris K’s recent representative transactions include futures exchange (FTX) and SVB estate restructurings, Corsair’s acquisition of Fanatec, Bending Spoons’ acquisition of Evernote, MongoDB’s acquisition of Voyage AI, and over a dozen token launches.
Chris K earned a JD from Columbia Law School, New York, and an LLM in taxation from New York University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in New York and is a current member of The Digital Chamber Tax Task Force and The Greater Miami Tax Institute.