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Cryptoasset disputes

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47 Minutes
Learning Method
On-Demand Training
Practice Area
Hot Topics
Available Until
29/09/2025

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Charlotte Hill and Valya Georgieva from Penningtons Manches Cooper discuss cryptoasset disputes and navigating the legal landscape. Their discussion includes the legal status of cryptoassets, governing law, jurisdiction and service, consumer rights and remedies, and a future outlook into 2023 and beyond.

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Charlotte Hill

Partner and Head of Digital Assets

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Charlotte is an experienced commercial litigator, and has been named as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ in The Legal 500. She is recognised as being ‘exceptional’, with ‘genuine skill and business understanding’ and ‘an ability to get to the point of legal issues which is unsurpassed’ – ‘a brilliant addition to any client’s arsenal’. 

She advises on a broad range of complex, high-value cross-border disputes across a number of commercial and business sectors, including financial services (having previously been on secondment at a large institutional bank), company disputes, corporate insolvency and civil fraud. She has specialist expertise in emerging tech and digital assets disputes and is a well-known industry commentator in this space. In 2023, Charlotte won the esteemed title of ‘Woman of the Year – FinTech/Crypto Innovation – UK’ at the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards, for the impact of her work in the sector. She was also named as one of Citywealth's Top 50 Crypto Professionals in 2024. 

Charlotte sits on the Law Society Council on behalf of civil litigators (non-personal injury) and is a committee member of the London Solicitor Litigation Association, having formerly spent two years as the elected President of the Junior LSLA. She is also the chair of EMEA for Multilaw's Young Lawyers Group (having won Multilaw’s ‘Rising Star’ award in 2024), vice-chair of the Cyber Insurance Association, and vice-chair of the Law Society’s Civil Justice Committee.
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Valya Georgieva

Senior Associate

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Valya is an experienced senior associate in the commercial dispute resolution team in London, having successfully represented clients in a wide range of complex, high-value, cross-border disputes across a number of commercial and business sectors, including technology disputes, financial services, company disputes and civil fraud. A member of the firm’s international trade and commerce group, and its North America group, Valya has expertise in complex and high-value international litigation and arbitration. She also specialises in blockchain related disputes (including those related to cryptocurrencies and NFTs), holding a professional qualification in blockchain law, regulation and policy from the Institute of the Future at the University of Nicosia. Valya is a key member of the firm’s digital assets and cyber security group and is involved in a wide range of firmwide initiatives in connection with Web 3, the metaverse, and blockchain. Valya has participated in conferences, panel discussions and debates in relation to blockchain, NFTs and crypto assets, including: a ‘Tech on FIRE (Fraud, Insolvency, Recovery and Enforcement)’ panel discussing how the use of traditional litigation tools/procedure can be adapted to 21st century FIRE tech disputes; an NFT minting event panel (Women in Blockchain Talks) discussing the risks and opportunities associated with the use of NFTs; and ‘Open Source Software Developers: Good Samaritans or Baiters of Guinea Pigs?’, in January 2023. She is an editorial committee member of the Tech Disputes Network, as well as a member of Tech London Advocates, CFAAR and AIJA.
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