Starkware
Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos is General Counsel of StarkWare. Prior to joining StarkWare, she was Chief Legal Officer of Cboe Digital, a U.S. regulated exchange and clearinghouse for crypto spot and crypto derivatives markets, and General Counsel of Maple Finance, a capital-efficient corporate debt marketplace which facilitates crypto institutional borrowing via liquidity pooled funded by the DeFi ecosystem.
Before going “full-time crypto,” she was a partner in the Special Matters and Government Investigations practice at the global law firm King & Spalding, where she co-chaired both the firm’s Financial Services Industry and Fintech, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrency groups. In private practice, Katherine represented corporations and individuals under investigation by a large number of U.S. and global government and regulatory entities, including the DOJ, SEC, CFTC, NFA, OFAC, FINRA, state AGs, the NY DFS, the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, the OCC, and the Fed.
Katherine has extensive experience with digital assets and is a thought leader on DeFi, tokenization, crypto privacy, cryptocurrency regulatory developments and credit markets, anti-money laundering, and blockchain-related compliance. Katherine’s comments have been featured in publications such as the Financial Times, the American Banker, Coindesk, and many others. Katherine has been recognized as “40 Under 40” by both Global Investigations Review and Benchmark Litigation.
Katherine earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the University of Southern California. She received her law degree, cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School, where she serves on the Executive Advisory Committee of the board.