Yvette Valdez is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Yvette is Co-Chair of the Commodities and Derivatives Regulation and Enforcement Practice, head of the US derivatives regulatory practice, Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Digital Assets & Web3 Practice, and a member of the firm’s Financial Institutions and Fintech Industry Groups and Financial Regulatory and Derivatives Practices. Yvette advises emerging companies, financial institutions, and investment managers on complex regulatory challenges in the development of bespoke financial crypto-asset and cryptocurrency technologies including token launches, market infrastructure, trading, clearing, and settlement solutions on distributed ledger technology. She also advises clients on domestic and cross-border cutting-edge fintech initiatives in the derivatives markets.
Capital Markets, Commodities and Derivatives Regulation & Enforcement, Derivatives, Equities & Structured Products, Digital Assets & Web3, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), Financial Regulatory
