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Banking & Finance: Mid-Market

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Provided by Charles Kerrigan

UK

Professional Memberships

Advisor - Cointelligence Fund

Board Advisor - Holistic AI

Advisor - Hedgehog - Easy investing in real-world assets

Advisory Board Member - Investment Association Engine

Chair - Association of Real Estate Funds – Technology Working Group

Innovators Board member - Big Innovation Centre

Chair of Editorial Board - City Wealth Crypto 100

Work Highlights

Clients include: 20th Century Fox, BAE, Bank of America, BBC, Curzon Advisers Limited, Lloyds Banking Group, MindCandy, UBS Global Asset Management, Wells Fargo and Vodafone.

Practice Areas

Charles Kerrigan is a partner in the Finance Team and part of the specialist Crypto and Digital Assets Team at CMS London specialising in emerging technologies including crypto, digital assets, decentralised finance and AI.

He works on corporate finance and venture capital transactions in crypto, tokenisation, NFTs, Web3 and DeFi.

Charles is part of teams working on investing and setting standards for emtech in the UK, Europe and the US. He works on consulting projects on blockchain and AI for public bodies, policy makers, standards institutions, and corporations.

He has worked on transactions worth over $5bn funding fintech platforms; on over 65 NFT projects; for more than 250 cryptoasset clients; including global exchanges, blockchain gaming and play-to-earn projects, DeFi and Web3 platforms; crypto and digital assets investment & M&A; tokenisation projects for debt, equity and alternative assets.

The Blockchain Industry Landscape Overview 2018 names Charles as "one of the UK’s leading influencers on blockchain". He is the UK’s “recommended lawyer” for blockchain and digital technology in the UK Parliament Hub.

Education

Oxford University

Law

1993

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Banking & Finance: Mid-Market - London (Firms)
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Charles Kerrigan is routinely called upon by a variety of clients to assist with complex financings and recapitalisation. He has particular expertise in advising clients on TMT finance and blockchain matters and is active in the venture capital space.

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