One Firm. Both Sides.
Founded by lawyers from Simpson Thacher, White & Case, and Dechert. We litigate high-stakes business disputes—from the Delaware Court of Chancery to the Ninth Circuit—and counsel digital-asset, fintech, and AI companies through the regulation that governs them.
Counsel to companies in digital assets, fintech, and AI — recognized by Chambers and Lawdragon, and honored with the 2024 Burton Award for distinguished legal writing.
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Proven in Court
Trial and appellate results — and insider court experience — from the forums where high-stakes business disputes are decided.
Case results depend on the specific facts and law of each matter and do not predict or guarantee a similar outcome in any other matter.
Practice Areas
Digital Assets & Blockchain
From custody architecture to tokenized securities to courtroom disputes, full-service counsel for digital asset businesses under one roof.
Learn More →Litigation & Disputes
Trial-tested litigation from a former judicial clerk and Big Law litigator. Complex commercial, shareholder, crypto, and appellate matters.
Learn More →Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Tech
Legal frameworks for AI-driven businesses, from regulatory compliance and data privacy to intellectual property protection.
Learn More →Securities Enforcement & Investigations
SEC Cyber Unit honors-program experience meets litigation firepower. Investigation defense, internal investigations, and securities litigation.
Learn More →Fintech & Payments
Navigate federal and state compliance for payment processors, neobanks, and financial technology platforms.
Learn More →Corporate & Transactions
End-to-end corporate counsel from formation through fundraising and M&A. Support for startup governance and capital raises.
Learn More →Global-Firm Training.
Direct Principal Access.
Chanté Eliaszadeh learned crypto regulation as a summer honors intern in the SEC's Cyber Unit, then spent five years at White & Case and Dechert—structuring token offerings, closing Regulation D placements, and representing creditors in the Genesis and Celsius bankruptcies and a buyer and creditor in FTX. Brandon Orewyler clerked three years in California’s busiest complex litigation court, litigated at Simpson Thacher, and built a practice as lead counsel—first-chair trial work, appellate argument, and discovery in matters with millions of documents.
Astraea Counsel pairs that training with something most Big Law alumni never build: custom AI-native practice infrastructure—research, drafting, document review, citation verification, matter intelligence—that handles work that traditionally required associate teams. The result is full-lifecycle counsel for emerging companies: entity formation, fundraising, regulatory licensing, ongoing advisory, and full-suite litigation when disputes hit court.
Built for the work that breaks other small firms.
Most law firms talk about AI. Astraea Counsel runs on it.
We built our practice from the ground up around a custom suite of AI-native tools—citation verification pipelines, multi-agent research and drafting workflows, document automation, matter intelligence—that handle the leverage work that traditionally required associate teams. The infrastructure was built in-house, battle-tested across active matters, and engineered around a hard-won instinct for where AI force multipliers actually carry weight (and where they don't).
The result is what a two-attorney firm couldn't otherwise be. Discovery management in cases involving millions of documents. Briefs turned around in hours instead of days. Citations verified against primary sources before they land in a filing. The AI doesn't replace judgment—it removes the constraints that limit how much judgment we can deliver. For clients, that's the caliber of work a global firm delivers—with no layers between you and the lawyer doing it.
Latest Insights
AI Training Data Copyright: Fair Use, Licensing, and Infringement Risk
Training AI models on copyrighted works carries real infringement risk, but the case law is now split rather than one-sided. Recent federal rulings have found model training transformative while treating the use of pirated copies as infringing. This guide covers fair use analysis, licensing options, and risk mitigation strategies.
California DFAL License Requirements: Who Needs One in 2026?
California's Digital Financial Assets Law is now live. Who needs a DFPI license, who is exempt, what the pending-application grace covers, and what the final regulations (effective June 29, 2026) changed for bond and net-worth expectations.
How to Get a Crypto Exchange License: State-by-State Requirements
A 2026 guide to licensing a U.S. crypto exchange — the FinCEN MSB baseline, money transmitter licenses in 49 states, New York's BitLicense, California's DFAL, the MTMA standardization trend, and how the GENIUS Act changes the picture for stablecoin issuers. Includes a strategic state-selection framework and partner-bank alternatives.
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