The Legal Nature of Cryptocurrencies - Anna Freud and Marc Jones - Stewarts Law

Fri, Oct 2, 2020, 12:00 AM

Anna Freud and Marc Jones will be speaking about the legal nature of cryptocurrencies: what are they and why does it matter? A brief overview of the current position, recent developments, where the law is headed - and what that means if you are hacked. https://www.stewartslaw.com // About Anna Freud Anna is an associate in the International Arbitration department. Anna has varied experience in commercial disputes, including Commercial and Competition Litigation, and has worked on a number of notable high-profile and complex cases. Her personal highlights have been living and studying in six cities and four countries, and building and maintaining relationships with people from all over the world. // Marc Jones (Partner) Described in The Legal 500 as a “driving force”, Marc specialises in high-value commercial and financial disputes, often involving complex financial products, fraud and foreign/offshore jurisdictions. // Ben Whitby (MC) - https://terrella.io Ben is a wholesale compliance specialist with nearly 20 years of industry experience, gained working for major financial institutions and big-4 consultancies. He has been focused on adoption of crypto assets into both consumer and wholesale finance since 2013. He was a founding member of Monolith. // About Ethereum London Ethereum London #ethldn is the home of the Ethereum community in London. The community provides 2 meetups every month including this Keynote at the prestigious Imperial College London. // About #ethldn Keynote The #ethldn keynote is a lecture style event with speakers from brilliant projects all around the world. Highlight speakers include: - Vitalik Buterin (founder of Ethereum) - Gavin Wood (co-founder of Ethereum & Polkadot) - Stefan George (co-founder of Gnosis) - Makoto Inoue (founder of Kickback dapp and ENS developer) Join our future events: https://www.meetup.com/ethereum/ Find out what we're all about https://ethldn.org Tweet us: https://twitter.com/ethldn // #ethldn supporters Thanks go to CryptoCompare and Imperial College London for their ongoing support of our community. Disclaimers: Ethereum London/ethldn is not related to any organisation, foundation, company, or product. We are 100% volunteer-run and stay committed to promoting a community that's entirely blockchain and technology agnostic. The appearance of projects and presentations at Ethereum London/ethldn does not represent an endorsement from any of our members, volunteers, supporters, or sponsors. Nothing presented constitutes investment advice in any form.