About Carlos Valderrama

Carlos Valderrama is the founder and managing partner of Legal Paradox and has more than 18 years' experience, including expertise in lobbying fintech and blockchain laws in Latin-America. Throughout his professional practice, he has advised more than 380 blockchain and fintech projects, including start-ups, scale-ups, unicorns and even traditional financial institutions. He has been part of the Central Bank Digital Currency Working Group led by R3, the international advisory board of the British Blockchain Association and acted as Fintech Regulatory Adviser to the Financial Services Programme of the British Embassy in Mexico. Carlos chairs the legal working group of the global alliance LACChain for Mexico, and represents Mexico at the Blockchain Associations Forum.


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