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Tom Skevington

Legal Counsel at Square Peg

Sydney, New South Wales

Overview 

Tom Skevington is a lawyer with expertise in compliance and venture law, currently working as Legal Counsel at Square Peg. With a background in legal research and contract negotiation, he has held roles at top law firms like Piper Alderman and DMAW Lawyers, showcasing a strong track record in the legal field. Highlights of Tom's career include serving as a Committee Member at Blockchain Australia Young Professionals and conducting research on Space Security Index at the University of Adelaide, demonstrating a diverse skill set and interest in emerging legal areas.

Work Experience 

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Square Peg

  • Legal Counsel

    2020 - Current

    Enabling Square Peg to empower the exceptional, focusing on: * Managing international fund compliance obligations including AFSL requirements, AUSTRAC, FATCA/CRS, ESVCLP and Innovation Australia, among others * Maintaining consistent compliance controls and policies between Australia, Israel and Singapore * Structuring of fund and investment vehicles * General corporate legal advice * Transaction legal support for portfolio investments and ongoing portfolio company matters * Messing around with VR

Square Peg invests in emerging technology companies across the internet economy in Australia and New Zealand, South-East Asia, and Israel.

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BA

Blockchain Australia Young Professionals

  • Committee Member

    2019 - 2022

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Piper Alderman

  • Associate

    2020 - 2020

    Part of the Financial Services & Fintech group, focusing on: * blockchain and fintech; * early stage / start up companies; * KYC and AML/CTF; * mergers and acquisitions; * corporate governance and compliance; * fundraising; * privacy; and * intellectual property. Contributor and editor on FinTech, blockchain and law publication Bits of Blocks

  • Lawyer

    2018 - 2020

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DMAW Lawyers

  • Lawyer

    2017 - 2018

    Business Transactions & Advice Corporate Advisory Property

  • Law Clerk

    2016 - 2017

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University of Adelaide

  • Space Security Index - Researcher

    2016 - 2016

    Working with McGill University’s Institute of Air and Space Law and George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute, as well as with project coordinators in Canada, and under the direct supervision of the Adelaide Law School's Research Unit on Military Law and Ethics (supervision of Associate Professor Dale Stephens and Professor Melissa de Zwart), on Project Ploughshares' Space Security Index for 2016. My focus was on developments in the commercial space industry, as well as public-private collaboration on space technologies throughout 2015. The findings of my research were published in the 2016 edition of the Space Security Index. (ISBN 978-1-927802-15-1)

Heuzenroeders Lawyers

  • Law Clerk

    2015 - 2016

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