Colorado-Wyoming Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Elects Bryan Cave Partner to Board of Trustees
February 5, 2016
DENVER (Feb. 3, 2016) – Richard (Rick) B. Levin, partner at Bryan Cave, LLC, and co-chair of the firm’s Digital Currency Team, has been elected to the board of trustees of the Colorado-Wyoming Chapter, National MS Society. Levin’s practice focuses on the representation of early stage and publicly traded companies in the financial services industry, including digital currency platforms, broker-dealers, hedge funds, alternative trading systems (ATSs) and exchanges. He represents these firms before the Securities and Exchange Commission the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Financial Industry and Regulatory Authority
Levin played a leadership role in the launch of two joint ventures of leading investment banks, including: Bank of America, Barclays, BlackRock, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Knight Capital Group, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Northern Trust, State Street, and UBS, and also served in senior legal, business, and compliance positions in publicly traded and privately held financial services firms.
Prior to entering private practice, Levin was the Global Head of Product Development for Compliance and Operations for Deutsche Bank. He has also served as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of two U.S. ATSs and a U.K. based multi-lateral trading facility.
He is a member of the Entrepreneurship Initiative Advisory Board of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship of the University of Colorado, which consists of respected venture capitalists, successful entrepreneurs, top executives at established companies and attorneys that represent early stage companies. Levin is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Aurora Public Schools Foundation, which supports the Aurora Public Schools District - the fourth largest and most diverse school district in Colorado.
A frequent speaker at conferences on regulatory and market structure issues, Levin is co-author of the chapter on U.S. regulation of virtual currencies for the “Digital Currency Handbook,” published by Elsevier in 2015.
“We are honored to have Rick serve on our board,” said Carrie Nolan, president of the Chapter. “His leadership, expertise and connections will help advance our mission and our capabilities as we continue our quest for a world free of MS, ” Nolan added.
Levin and his wife reside in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
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Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are leading to better understanding and moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with at least two to three times more women than men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 2.3 million people worldwide.