So This Is My Why

Ep 109: From a £1.75 billion purchase of Lehman Brothers to Tony Blair & Web3 | Chrissy Hill (General Counsel, Parity Technologies)


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If you want to hear from someone who: 

❓Helped purchase Lehman Brothers (US) for £1.75 billion;

❓Built out the equity practice in Europe for Barclays Capital;

❓Worked for Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the UK; and

❓Now works as the General Counsel in a web3 company that builds core blockchain infrastructure?


Then STIMY’s latest episode with Chrissy Hill, General Counsel at Parity Technologies, is not one you want to miss! 


Chrissy shares her journey from South Carolina into the web3 space, and some of the milestones in her career, including:

  • 2:33 Being the baby of the family
  • 5:23 A legacy of lawyers
  • 7:26 Working at Linklaters’ London office
  • 8:49 Becoming the Director of Compliance at Barclays Capital
  • 13:38 Purchasing Lehman Brothers (US) for £1.75 billion
  • 15:24 Working for Tony Blair at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
  • 18:22 Working at a mission-driven organisation
  • 21:21 Entering the web3 space
  • 23:16 The concept of privacy
  • 27:02 Working at Parity Technologies
  • 31:34 What does a web3 lawyer do?
  • 34:59 Regulations coming in


So if you want to know what it’s like to be a top notch lawyer in the web3 space, this episode is for you!


📍Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/109

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