Daniel P. Gibbons
Advises issuers and financial institutions on all forms of capital markets transactions with a focus on fintech, digital assets and other innovative technologies.
Dan represents corporate and financial institution clients in a wide variety of public and private capital-raising transactions, including IPOs, private placements and other equity raises; investment-grade, high-yield and convertible debt issuance; and various leveraged finance transactions. He also advises on strategic transactions, corporate governance, SEC reporting and securities law compliance.
Dan’s transactional practice spans numerous industries, with a focus on fintech, digital assets and other innovative technologies.
He also counsels a broad spectrum of clients – including leading stablecoin issuers, trading platforms, asset managers and other ecosystem participants – on numerous digital asset matters, often advising on the securities law compliance of novel products and innovative financial technologies.
A crypto thought leader, Dan has spoken on panels at leading industry events and has participated as a guest lecturer on digital asset regulation at NYU School of Law.
Experience
Selected Representations
- Circle $1.05 billion IPO
- Klarna $1.6 billion IPO
- Bullish $1.3 billion IPO
- Gemini $450 million IPO
- Galaxy $600 million U.S. Re-IPO and Nasdaq listing; launch of GLXY tokenized shares on Solana
- Robinhood $2.1 billion IPO
- Approval of Grayscale CoinDesk Crypto 5 ETF (first U.S. multi-asset ETF), Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (world’s largest bitcoin ETF) and Grayscale Ethereum Trust (world’s largest ether ETF)
- Strategy on all of its capital markets activity, including:
- $21 billion at-the-market offering (the largest in history)
- Over $8 billion in convertible notes offerings and
- IPOs, Nasdaq listings and at-the-market programs for STRK, STRF, STRD and STRC preferred stock
- Ether Machine de-SPAC transaction and $1.5 billion committed PIPE financing
- Delta Air Lines $9 billion SkyMiles secured financings
- ExxonMobil on various offerings totaling over $40 billion of senior notes
- Soho House $420 million IPO
- StoneX Group $625 million senior secured notes offering and acquisition of RJO
Other Digital Asset Experience Highlights
- Advised Galaxy on launch of GLXY tokenized public shares on Solana — the first ever tokenization of SEC-registered public equity on a major blockchain
- Advised Circle on its:
- Strategic commercial arrangement with Binance to accelerate global adoption of its USDC stablecoin
- Partnership with Nubank to extend access to its USDC stablecoin to Brazilian Nubank customers
- Launch of USDC smart contract enabling transfers of BlackRock’s tokenized BUIDL fund over the Ethereum Network
Insights
News
Recognition
American Lawyer – “Young Lawyer of the Year - Corporate” finalist, 2025
IFLR1000 – Capital Markets: Equity, United States, Rising Star Partner
Education
- summa cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
- University Honors Program
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York