U.S. Law Enforcement Targets Growing Global Crypto Markets: The Jaguar in the Jungle - What Every Brazilian Crypto Actor Must Know Now

March 18, 2024 | Duane Morris LLP | Zoom Webinar

Webinar Replay

Duane Morris LLP held the webinar U.S. Law Enforcement Targets Growing Global Crypto Markets: The Jaguar in the Jungle - What Every Brazilian Crypto Actor Must Know Now, to be held on 18 March 2024 from 14:30 to 15:30 BRT. (Note: For those attendees located in the U.S., the time for this webinar is Monday, March 18, 2024, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern.)

About the Program

Crypto entrepreneurs and their financers and advisers are facing unprecedented enforcement activity from the U.S. government, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The SEC, in particular, has taken an aggressive stance in applying U.S. securities law to internationally based cryptocurrencies, and international players in the crypto market are routinely being called to defend themselves in U.S.-based investigations and U.S. courts.

In this webinar, lawyers from Duane Morris, Carvalho Borges Araújo Advogados and Iokoi Advogados will discuss the basis for the SEC and DOJ’s assertion of jurisdiction over international actors so that crypto players can determine whether their actions may lead to the need to comply with U.S. securities laws. The panel will also discuss the various U.S. laws that could be triggered so that foreign crypto actors become more acquainted with U.S. laws and regulations. The focus of the webinar is to educate crypto players enough so that they understand the risks.

Moderator

Amauri Costa, partner at Duane Morris, is a dual-qualified (Brazil/District of Columbia) attorney focused on cross-border corporate and commercial transactions, ranging from complex mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures to structured finance and trade finance matters.

Speakers

Mauro Wolfe was formerly a senior enforcement attorney with the SEC and former federal prosecutor with the DOJ. Mauro is a member of the Duane Morris White-Collar Criminal Defense Group with extensive experience on domestic and international crypto white-collar matters before the SEC and DOJ.

Vincent Nolan is a member of the Duane Morris White-Collar Criminal Defense Group with extensive experience in internal corporate investigations and white-collar defense before various federal agencies and regulators, including the SEC.

Rodrigo Caldas de Carvalho Borges, partner at Carvalho Borges Araújo Advogados, is a founding member of the Oxford Blockchain Foundation, works as a mentor of Fenasbac’s fintech acceleration program, and co-authored “Cryptocurrencies in the International Scenario.”

Bruno Almeida, a managing partner of Iokoi Advogados, graduated in criminal law and criminal procedure from Faculdade de Direito da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.

About the Duane Morris Fintech Group

While the digital age has transformed virtually every industry, it has brought the financial industry its own unique set of challenges, as rapid technological innovation drives evolving consumer expectations, security needs, and legal and regulatory pressures. As consumers shift from traditional financial services to mobile wallets, e-payments, digital assets, cryptocurrencies, security tokens and AI-based asset discovery and management, the financial services industry providers are finding that their very existence and relevance depend on their ability to use and offer technology-based services to adapt to the ever-changing, competitive industry landscape.

About Duane Morris LLP

Duane Morris LLP, a law firm with more than 900 attorneys in offices across the United States and internationally, is asked by a broad array of clients to provide innovative solutions to today’s legal and business challenges.

About Carvalho Borges Araújo Advogados

Carvalho Borges Araújo Advogados is a law firm focused on corporate law, created to positively impact not only their clients, but also their community.

About Iokoi Advogados

For 14 years, Iokoi Advogados has stood out for its attentive provision of legal services in the corporate criminal law field, for the development of the best strategies of defense for its clients, and in the defense of high complexity cases.