preston byrne

Preston Byrne, an attorney with Byrne & Storm, P.C., helps start-up technology companies on a variety of legal cross-border challenges. In 2014, the former securitization and derivatives lawyer co-founded Monax Industries (previously Eris Industries), which is credited with creating the first permissioned blockchain.

He had a productive year in 2019. Byrne & Storm, P.C., a combined legal firm created by Byrne and Lawyers Without Borders founder Christina Storm, was announced in February. He was admitted as an attorney-at-law in the state of New York later that year, broadening the scope of his legal practice beyond Connecticut and the United Kingdom.

On a wide range of commercial law concerns, he advises cutting-edge Internet companies, particularly those in the Bitcoin/cryptocurrency and consumer internet industries. Qualified in both the UK and the US.

She & Storm, P.C. is expected to continue counseling a variety of crypto companies dealing with the cross-jurisdictional complexities of internet-native ventures. Byrne will continue to provide comments (not legal advice) on the evolving blockchain and cryptocurrency scene.