Charlie Griffiths
Senior Counsel
Cayman Islands
Charlie advises major financial institutions and digital assets businesses on a wide range of Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands regulatory matters.
He guides clients on regulatory issues relating to FATCA and the Common Reporting Standard, economic substance, beneficial ownership, insurance, digital assets, data protection, and anti money laundering and sanctions compliance.
Charlie is recognised as a go to expert on digital asset and securities legislation. He has extensive experience advising on registration and licensing applications for clients such as digital asset and securities exchange venues, custodians, broker dealers, market makers and liquidity providers, asset managers and advisors. He also provides guidance on the regulatory perimeter for a variety of fintech and crypto projects, including token-launches, foundations/DAOs, tokenisation (including tokenised funds and RWAs), DeFi, stablecoins, mining/staking, and other Web3 and blockchain matters
Charlie is recognised as a go to expert on digital asset and securities legislation. He has extensive experience advising on registration and licensing applications for clients such as digital asset and securities exchange venues, custodians, broker dealers, market makers and liquidity providers, asset managers and advisors. He also provides guidance on the regulatory perimeter for a variety of fintech and crypto projects, including token-launches, foundations/DAOs, tokenisation (including tokenised funds and RWAs), DeFi, stablecoins, mining/staking, and other Web3 and blockchain matters
Experience and recent work
Prior to joining Walkers, Charlie worked in the Financial Regulation Group at Linklaters in London. He also spent time on secondment to Linklaters New York and to Linklaters Frankfurt.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
- Cayman Islands
- British Virgin Islands
- England and Wales (not practising)
Education:
- BA, University of Bristol, UK
- Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University Law School, UK
- MSc in Law, Business and Management, University of Law, UK
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