Celisa Morin is counsel in the Business and Finance Department’s Financial Industry Group, resident in our Washington, D.C. office. She has extensive cryptocurrency and blockchain experience covering both legal and commercial matters in the United States and Asia and spearheads our On Chain: Crypto and Digital Assets Group.
Prior to joining Reed Smith, Celisa served as vice president of platform distribution at Grayscale Investments, the largest digital currency asset manager globally. Celisa led the platform deal cycle with fintech platforms, financial institutions, private banks and wealth management firms. She secured business and partnership opportunities, oversaw due diligence processes, structured commercial terms, and ensured successful onboarding of digital asset products onto platforms. She also developed digital asset educational content for platforms covering products, innovations, regulatory developments, best practices and risk assessment.
Prior to that, Celisa served as general counsel and chief commercial officer of Singapore-based digital asset exchange, Tokenomy, subsidiary of the largest regulated digital asset exchange in Indonesia. She provided strategic advice and solutions for new projects and product launches, developed business and partnership opportunities, engaged with international regulators, and oversaw licensing processes, regulatory approvals, internal controls and compliance matters.
Before joining Tokenomy, Morin held banking positions with several major international financial services firms. Prior to that, Morin was a commercial litigation attorney at another global law firm representing clients across various industries, including financial services, banking, energy and technology.
