Band 4
Provided by Ryan David Williams
Ryan David Williams is the founding partner of Ashbury Legal and is individually ranked by Chambers in USA, FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies. Since founding Ashbury in 2016, when few lawyers would touch cryptocurrency, he has guided more than 250 projects through unchartered waters, making him one of the most prominent lawyers for frontier technology.
Ryan's passion and super power is helping builders operate strategically and pragmatically in areas where innovation has outpaced the law. He is known for translating complex and uncertain rules into clear, actionable guidance for cutting-edge technologists.
Ryan counsels early-stage startups, established technology companies and venture capital investors. His clients include small startups building the tech of tomorrow along with industry leaders like Chainlink, Animoca, Ondo, Stellar and Doodles.
Ryan began his career as a securities attorney on Wall Street (MoFo) and later worked with startups in Silicon Valley (Orrick). Seeing that traditional law firms weren’t built for fast-moving founders, he launched Ashbury to bring human-centered design principles to the outdated practice of law.
New York University School of Law
University of California, Los Angeles
Provided by Chambers
Ryan David Williams supports blockchain business on a variety of legal, regulatory and commercial matters. His work includes advising on token issuance, product design, M&A transactions and SEC engagement.
Provided by Chambers
Ryan is a really pragmatic, commercial lawyer. He is good at not over-lawyering. He simplifies things and gets the deal done.
Ryan is deeply knowledgeable about crypto regulation as well as crypto products. He really digs into the technology and is able to assess each matter on its own merits.
Ryan Williams is highly commercial and has a deep knowledge of this space.
Ryan is a really pragmatic, commercial lawyer. He is good at not over-lawyering. He simplifies things and gets the deal done.
Ryan is deeply knowledgeable about crypto regulation as well as crypto products. He really digs into the technology and is able to assess each matter on its own merits.
Ryan Williams is highly commercial and has a deep knowledge of this space.