Jon Van Loo Transactional Tax Lawyer with a broad range of experience, focusing on the tax aspects of initial coin offerings (ICOs), cryptocurrency transactions, blockchain companies, M&A, international tax and investment funds. Jon has practiced tax law for 10 years in a variety of firms and cities, including: Linklaters’ London office, a tax boutique in San Francisco, and Dechert’s New York office. In 2017, Jon launched his own solo tax practice based in Menlo Park and earlier this year, he co-founded Belcher, Smolen & Van Loo, a boutique law firm based in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Jon’s cryptocurrency tax experience includes advising various cryptocurrency hedge funds (including CoinFund) on a variety of domestic and international tax issues, advising companies on the tax aspects of ICOs, advising individuals on the tax aspects of cryptocurrency transactions, and advising on the tax aspects of M&A transaction in the crypto space.
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Tax Implications of Cryptocurrency #cryptotax
DISCUSSION: Jon Van Loo Transactional Tax Lawyer; Dmitri Alexeev Director BPM Corporate Tax Practice; Navin Sethi Tax Partner Ernst & Young
Charlie Wilson Chief Revenue Officer Green Bits #greenfintech
Charlie Wilson Chief Revenue Officer Green Bits, the leading retail management and automatic compliance platform for the legal cannabis industry where he leads business development, sales, marketing, and customer success. Charlie has served in leadership roles at numerous leading technology, payments and commerce companies for more than 20 years. He spent nearly half that time at Visa, the world’s largest payment network, where he led the company’s ecommerce initiatives, including Visa’s $2 billion acquisition of merchant services provider CyberSource in 2010. Before joining Green Bits, Charlie was founder and CEO of Commerce Sync, a venture-backed provider of accounting automation services for small businesses. He has also held executive roles at Green Dot, a publicly traded provider of general purpose reloadable prepaid cards, and served as President and CEO of IP Commerce, a venture-backed provider of merchant payments services. Charlie earned a B.S.E in Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University and an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University.
Stacey Jackson General Counsel Golden Bear Insurance Company #greenfintech
Stacey Jackson General Counsel Golden Bear Insurance Company and M.J. Hall & Company, Inc. She began her legal career as a prosecutor for the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s office before becoming a civil litigator. She was partner in the civil defense firm of Thayer, Harvey, Gregerson, Hedberg and Jackson and represented insureds throughout California before coming to “the Bear.” Stacey represents Golden Bear as an active member of PADIC- Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies. Stacey also holds a Master’s Degree in English and a teaching credential from the University of the Pacific. On point with the coming presentation, Stacey was instrumental in drafting coverage for the Cannabis package policy offered by Golden Bear. It is the only admitted cannabis product in the State of California.