Ep 109: From a £1.75 billion purchase of Lehman Brothers to Tony Blair & Web3 | Chrissy Hill (General Counsel, Parity Technologies)

If you want to hear from someone who: 


Helped purchase Lehman Brothers (US) for £1.75 billion;


Built out the equity practice in Europe for Barclays Capital;


Worked for Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the UK; and


Now works as the General Counsel in a web3 company that builds
core blockchain infrastructure?





Then STIMY’s latest episode with Chrissy Hill, General Counsel at
Parity Technologies, is not one you want to miss! 





Chrissy shares her journey from South Carolina into the web3
space, and some of the milestones in her career, including:


2:33 Being the baby of the family

5:23 A legacy of lawyers

7:26 Working at Linklaters’ London office

8:49 Becoming the Director of Compliance at Barclays Capital

13:38 Purchasing Lehman Brothers (US) for £1.75 billion

15:24 Working for Tony Blair at the Tony Blair Institute for
Global Change

18:22 Working at a mission-driven organisation

21:21 Entering the web3 space

23:16 The concept of privacy

27:02 Working at Parity Technologies

31:34 What does a web3 lawyer do?

34:59 Regulations coming in






So if you want to know what it’s like to be a top notch lawyer in
the web3 space, this episode is for you!





Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/109


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