Joel Telpner
Partner Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Partner Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Joel Telpner is a partner in Sullivan & Worcester’s New York office, heading finch and blockchain practice. He is a highly sought-after legal advisor in the blockchain space, actively working with a large number of clients in structuring token distributions and enterprise blockchain applications.
He has more than 30 years of legal and business experience in a career that includes time as an AmLaw 100 partner, the former U.S. general counsel of a global financial institution, and a venture capitalist.
He is involved in policy initiatives on global regulatory issues for blockchain on behalf of the Global Blockchain Business Council, the Blockchain Research Institute and Wharton Reg@Tech. He is also a member of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance’s Legal Working Group.