Ketsal has wound down.

After seven years, Ketsal has closed its doors. The firm was founded in 2018 by five attorneys from leading international firms and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, built around a conviction that startups and frontier financial-technology companies deserved counsel that genuinely understood the products they were building.

By any honest measure, the experiment worked. Ketsal grew into a Chambers-ranked boutique advising some of the most ambitious teams in crypto, fintech, and emerging technology — from formation through licensing, financings, and exits, including transactions of strategic significance to the digital-asset industry. Our lawyers helped shape regulatory thinking through engagements with the SEC, state regulators, the Money Transmitter Regulators Association, the New York City Bar Association, and counterparts abroad. We are proud of the work, and prouder of the clients who trusted us to do it.

Each of the partners has moved to a platform suited to the next stage of their practice. We continue to serve our clients — now from larger benches with deeper resources. For ongoing matters or to engage any of us at our new firms, please reach out directly:

Zachary Fallon — Partner, Emerging Companies & Growth Practice, Latham & Watkins LLP, Bay Area [email] · [bio]

Joshua Garcia — Partner, Digital Assets Practice, Morrison Cohen LLP, New York [email] · [bio]

Laurie Rosini — Partner, Blockchain & Fintech Practice, McDermott Will & Schulte, New York [email] · [bio]

Julian Russo — Partner, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital,  Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLP, New York [email] · [bio]

For general inquiries or questions relating to firm records, please contact info@ketsal.com.

Thank you to every founder, investor, and counterparty who made the last seven years what they were.