Kelly Hunsaker is new Winston’s Silicon Valley office leader
Her clients include Microsoft, PayPal, Palo Alto Networks
The regulatory cloud looming over cryptocurrency and other digital assets is good for business at law firm Winston & Strawn, according to the new leader of its Silicon Valley office.
“There is a lot of uncertainty and disruption going on and so we are trying to stay ahead of the legal issues in that space,” said Kelly Hunsaker. The intellectual property litigator was tapped June 1 to run the outpost, after managing partner Kathi Vidal was sworn in as director of the US Patent and Trademark Office.
“There’s a lot going on concerning lack of regulation or new regulation and compliance with laws governing cryptocurrency,” Hunsaker said in an interview. “And it carries over our corporate practice because it seems to be the hot space for equity investment now.”
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