Coinbase has acquired Echo, the leading onchain capital raising platform, for approximately US$375 million. By joining forces, Coinbase and Echo are making it easier for companies to raise funds and grow, and giving the crypto community early access to unique investment opportunities.
Latham & Watkins LLP represents Coinbase in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by partners Saad Khanani, Tad Freese, and Alex Kelly, with associates Tiana Baghdikian, Alec Hampton, and Kelsey MacKinnon with support from Lauren Lefcoe and Rebecca Dixon. Advice was also provided on investment funds matters by partners Jamie Lynn Walter, Ivana Rouse, and Erin Bergey, with associates Mike Hart-Slattery, Natasha Kalaouze, Katherine Ryan, and Micaela Lucero Little; on financial regulatory matters by partners Stuart Davis, Gabriel Lakeman, Jenny Cieplak, and Zachary Fallon, with associates Daphne Lambadariou and Jasmine Hopkinson; employment and…
