Sidley is proud to be a headline sponsor of the “Owl Explains Crypto Summit Presented by Sidley” which will take place in London on May 22, 2025 at The Dorchester.
Sidley partners Sam Gandhi, Sara George, and Lilya Tessler will be among the featured panelists at “Owl Explains Crypto Summit Presented by Sidley,” which will showcase a series of participatory roundtables on the most important policy and regulatory trends in 2025 concerning blockchain and digital assets. Topics will include policy impacts of the new U.S. administration; UK regime development; MiCA implementation in Europe; Hong Kong rule proposals and implementation; South Korea’s regulatory changes; updates on key jurisdictions in South America and Southeast Asia. Sara will be participating in the morning panel “DeFi-ing Liquidity” which will cover the implications of DeFi and CeFi liquidity; Sam will be on the dais for the morning panel “Globalizing Commerce,” focusing on assets by jurisdiction; and Lilya will be participating in the afternoon roundtable “The Chase Is On,” covering enforcement, litigation, and AML in tokenized and DeFi markets.
The Crypto Summit runs in conjunction with the 2025 Avalanche Summit, scheduled from May 21-22, 2025, at Hatfield House, London. Lilya Tessler will be a panelist on the May 21 session “Through a Lawyer’s Eyes: Regulatory Developments Around the World.”
Sidley is also sponsoring the Avalanche Summit.
