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

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 family5:23 A legacy of lawyers7:26 Working at Linklaters’ London office8:49 Becoming the Director of Compliance at Barclays Capital13:38 Purchasing Lehman Brothers (US) for £1.75 billion15:24 Working for Tony Blair at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change18:22 Working at a mission-driven organisation21:21 Entering the web3 space23:16 The concept of privacy27:02 Working at Parity Technologies31:34 What does a web3 lawyer do?34:59 Regulations coming inSo 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🙊 Like STIMY? Buy us a ☕️?: https://beacons.ai/sothisismywhy 💌 Weekly Newsletter on upcoming STIMY guests/interesting reads to make you smarter: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/acd5bd1062 Leave a review on STIMY: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-this-is-my-why/id1521191442