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Megan Kilissanly
Senior Associate
21st Floor
Miami, FL 33131
Megan’s practice focuses on assisting financial institutions and technology clients with regulatory, securities, and corporate issues. Megan represents traditional financial institutions and emerging technology firms focused on blockchain technology, digital assets, and cryptocurrencies. Specifically, Megan’s clients include broker-dealers, investment banks, investment advisers, digital asset and currency trading platforms, alternative trading systems (ATSs), securities exchanges, and custodians.
Megan...
Megan’s practice focuses on assisting financial institutions and technology clients with regulatory, securities, and corporate issues. Megan represents traditional financial institutions and emerging technology firms focused on blockchain technology, digital assets, and cryptocurrencies. Specifically, Megan’s clients include broker-dealers, investment banks, investment advisers, digital asset and currency trading platforms, alternative trading systems (ATSs), securities exchanges, and custodians.
Megan represents these clients before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and state regulators. Megan also represents entities that are regulated as money services businesses, payment processors, and banks before the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and federal and state banking regulators.
Megan also served in the SEC’s Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Trading and Markets. In her role, she provided guidance and regulatory interpretations on issues affecting entities engaged in broker-dealer activities.
represents these clients before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and state regulators. Megan also represents entities that are regulated as money services businesses, payment processors, and banks before the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and federal and state banking regulators.
Megan also served in the SEC’s Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Trading and Markets. In her role, she provided guidance and regulatory interpretations on issues affecting entities engaged in broker-dealer activities.
Experience
Previous Professional Experience
- Attorney Adviser, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2023-2024)
- Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Trading Markets
- Associate, Nelson Mullins (2019–2023)
- Summer associate and law clerk, Nelson Mullins (2018-2019)
Internships
- Judicial intern to the Hon. Marcia G. Cooke, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2017–2018)
Languages
- Spanish
Education
-
University of Miami School of Law,
JD,
cum laude
(2019)
- Dean's Fellow
- C.A.L.I. Excellence for the Future Award, Legal Communication and Research Skills I
- C.A.L.I. Excellence for the Future Award, Legal Communication and Research Skills II
- Articles & Comments Editor, University of Miami Inter–American Law Review
- George Washington University, BA, cum laude (2016)
Admissions
- Florida
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Practice Areas
Previous Professional Experience
- Attorney Adviser, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2023-2024)
- Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Trading Markets
- Associate, Nelson Mullins (2019–2023)
- Summer associate and law clerk, Nelson Mullins (2018-2019)
Internships
- Judicial intern to the Hon. Marcia G. Cooke, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2017–2018)
Languages
- Spanish
Media
Professional Activities
- Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
- 44th Class Graduate, Leadership Miami Program (2022)
- Florida Securities Dealers Association, Board Member
- Cuban American Bar Association
Megan’s practice focuses on assisting financial institutions and technology clients with regulatory, securities, and corporate issues. Megan represents traditional financial institutions and emerging technology firms focused on blockchain technology, digital assets, and cryptocurrencies. Specifically, Megan’s clients include broker-dealers, investment banks, investment advisers, digital asset and currency trading platforms, alternative trading systems (ATSs), securities exchanges, and custodians.
Megan... represents these clients before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and state regulators. Megan also represents entities that are regulated as money services businesses, payment processors, and banks before the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and federal and state banking regulators.
Megan also served in the SEC’s Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Trading and Markets. In her role, she provided guidance and regulatory interpretations on issues affecting entities engaged in broker-dealer activities.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Previous Professional Experience
- Attorney Adviser, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2023-2024)
- Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Trading Markets
- Associate, Nelson Mullins (2019–2023)
- Summer associate and law clerk, Nelson Mullins (2018-2019)
Internships
- Judicial intern to the Hon. Marcia G. Cooke, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2017–2018)
Languages
- Spanish
Education
-
University of Miami School of Law,
JD,
cum laude
(2019)
- Dean's Fellow
- C.A.L.I. Excellence for the Future Award, Legal Communication and Research Skills I
- C.A.L.I. Excellence for the Future Award, Legal Communication and Research Skills II
- Articles & Comments Editor, University of Miami Inter–American Law Review
- George Washington University, BA, cum laude (2016)
Admissions
- Florida
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Practice Areas
- Blockchain & Digital Currency
- Corporate & Securities
- Financial Institutions Corporate & Regulatory
- FinTech
- Government Relations Strategies
Industries
- Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
- 44th Class Graduate, Leadership Miami Program (2022)
- Florida Securities Dealers Association, Board Member
- Cuban American Bar Association
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