Phillip Urbaniak
Counsel
Overview
Phillip Urbaniak
Mascareñas is a securities and financial services attorney based in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. He began his career as an assistant district
attorney in a small mountain town before developing an interest in Bitcoin
while working as a state assistant attorney general on the US-Mexico border
in 2014. Eventually, he gravitated to the securities industry where he
prosecuted the first unregistered initial coin offering enforcement cases in
Colorado and served as director of the New Mexico Securities Division.
In private practice since
2020, Phillip enjoys deep dives into his favorite crypto projects, learning
about different approaches to DAO governance, and staying abreast of the
ever-changing US regulatory landscape. Phillip currently represents both
plaintiffs and defendants in litigation in state and federal courts and
counsels digital asset projects, investment adviser representatives, and
broker-dealers on an array of compliance matters.
In his free time, Matt
enjoys freelancing as an ATA-certified translator from Spanish and Italian
into English.
Education
- Boston College Law School, J.D.
- Università degli Studi di Siena, M.A.
- University of Georgia, B.A.
Bar Admission
- Colorado
- Georgia
- New Mexico