Scott Walker
Legal & Regulatory Team
About
Scott oversees regulatory compliance at Andreessen Horowitz as Chief Compliance Officer. Prior to joining a16z, Scott was the Senior Specialist for Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology in the Division of Examinations at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. While at the SEC, he served in two other roles, as Special Counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance and as an Attorney-Adviser in the Investment Advisers/Investment Company Program. Scott also spent nearly a decade in the asset management industry in several roles in private fund regulation and hedge fund strategy—most notably as Vice President & Counsel at BlackRock with a focus on derivatives, prime brokerage, and securities finance transactions.
Scott has an undergraduate degree in finance from Butler University and a law degree from The Ohio State University.
*Admitted to the California bar
Latest Content by Scott
Crypto
Modernizing Markets for a Tokenized Future: Principles for Tokenized Securities and Broker-Dealers
Scott Walker, Miles Jennings, Kate Dellolio, Aiden Slavin, and David Sverdlov
Crypto
SEC RFI: Creating a Safe Harbor and Crowdfunding Regime for Collectible Tokens (NFTs)
Miles Jennings, Jai Ramaswamy, Scott Walker, Michele Korver, David Sverdlov, and Aiden Slavin
Crypto
SEC RFI: Safe Harbor for Certain Airdrops & Incentive-Based Rewards of Network Tokens
Miles Jennings, Jai Ramaswamy, Scott Walker, Michele Korver, David Sverdlov, and Aiden Slavin
Crypto
SEC RFI: A Control-Based Decentralization Framework for Securities Laws
Miles Jennings, Jai Ramaswamy, Scott Walker, Michele Korver, David Sverdlov, and Aiden Slavin
Crypto
a16z Comment Letter to the Department of the Treasury and IRS regarding the Proposed Digital Asset Broker Reporting Requirements
Marianne Winkler, Jai Ramaswamy, Scott Walker, Miles Jennings, Michele Korver, and Brian Quintenz
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