Daniel Peake
Partner & Practice Group Lead
Practice Areas:
- Token Offering
- Applications Of Blockchain
- Digital Assets
- Regulation and Policy
- Blockchain and Crypto Infrastructure
- Securities
- Structured and Regulated Finance & Trading; Derivatives
- Anti- Money Laundering
- Money Transmitter Law
- Exchanges
- IP Transactions
- IP Registrations
- Technology Transfer
- Transactional Tax
- Advising
- Tax-Exempt Organizations
- Corporate Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
- Navigating Capital Raising
Overview
Daniel Peake
is an attorney who arrived at the practice of law following a
career in computing and technology, where he worked as a
research data scientist. He founded a series of online startup
ventures, several of which attained global recognition. His
pre-law career also includes establishing multiple online libel
law precedents, as well as participating in the early
development of the Creative Commons IP license system.
He now brings
this experience to his practice of law at Peake Law and
International Blockchain Legal, with a focus on blockchain,
startups and small to medium-sized enterprises. He was one of
the first lawyers globally to focus on blockchain, having
initially familiarized himself with Bitcoin and its underlying
technology in its early days (2009-2010). Today, he advises a
diverse array of blockchain and “crypto” companies, covering
areas ranging from money services and AML law to NFTs, and works
at the forefront of the professionalization and expansion of the
rapidly-growing cryptocurrency finance and “DeFi” space.
Daniel also has
a full legal academy background in intellectual property law.
Beyond crypto, he enjoys assisting emerging enterprises of all
types in obtaining the vital financing they need and in
overcoming their regulatory and business legal challenges.
Education
- New York Law School, J.D., Cum Laude
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute, M.S.
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.S.
Bar Admission
- New York