Stanford DAO Symposium
Miles Jennings
Miles Jennings is the general counsel of a16z crypto, where he oversees the firm’s investments, works on regulatory and policy matters and works with the firm’s portfolio companies and DAOs on decentralized operations, protocol design and regulatory matters. He was previously a partner at Latham & Watkins in its capital markets and emerging companies group, and co-chaired its global blockchain and cryptocurrency task force, which was composed of over 80 lawyers around the globe. In that role, Mr. Jennings acted as lead counsel for nearly every large investor in the sector, including a16z, Paradigm, Pantera, ParaFi, Ribbit, Coatue and others. In addition, he was a go-to, trusted advisor for countless startups and crypto projects, including ConsenSys, Uniswap, Aave, Bitwise, Avalanche, Element, Idle, Connext, 3Box, and Aztec. Finally, Mr. Jennings has written extensively on legal frameworks for digital assets and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and on the design of decentralized systems.
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