Biography
Brian Crist is currently Chief Legal and Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary at FalconX, the largest prime brokerage for digital assets in the world.
Prior to that, Brian was Vice President (Legal) for Payments and Financial Services at eBay. During his time at eBay, Brian led eBay’s global legal and compliance teams focused on payments, risk, and new financial products. He was the senior legal and compliance executive responsible for eBay’s operation of its global payments platform and all financial services products offered by the company.
Previously, Brian was Chief Payments Counsel at Uber. At Uber he led and built from the ground up Uber’s legal and compliance functions focused on payments, risk, banking and other financial services. Brian and his team played a critical role in Uber’s payments partnerships and in Uber’s development of myriad financial products. Brian was a key member of the senior management teams at Uber charged with building and maintaining Uber’s global payments systems and successfully scaled Uber’s financial services legal and compliance functions during a period of massive growth at the company.
Prior to Uber, Brian was Chief Counsel at Citi for a major business unit focused on the development of innovative digital payments products and also led the team supporting all legal matters involving payment networks such as Visa and MasterCard.
Brian brings a wealth of experience in advising companies, both domestically and internationally, on the development and commercialization of innovative technology products. His expertise extends to the legal, regulatory, and business issues that these products often entail, making him a trusted authority in the field.
