Daniel P. Gibbons
Advises on all forms of capital markets transactions with a focus on fintech, digital assets and other innovative technologies. A 2025 Law360 “Fintech MVP.”
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 focuses on companies involved in fintech, digital assets and other innovative technologies.
He also counsels clients including leading stablecoin issuers, trading platforms and asset managers on numerous digital asset matters, often advising on the securities law compliance of novel products and innovative financial technologies.
In 2025, Dan was named a “Fintech MVP of the Year” by Law360. A crypto thought leader, he 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
Law360 – “Fintech MVP of the Year,” 2025
American Lawyer – “Young Lawyer of the Year - Corporate” finalist, 2025
IFLR1000 – Capital Markets: Equity, United States
Education
- summa cum laude
- Phi Beta Kappa
- University Honors Program
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York