Welcome to the Team, Eric Vogeler & Ben Beasley

Eric Engebretsen
Blockbox
2 min readNov 16, 2017

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We are pleased to announce two new additions to the Blockbox lineup — Eric Vogeler & Ben Beasley. These two have officially come aboard as lead legal and regulatory advisory members. We’re confident that their experience and credentials will provide valuable insights as we move forward. Here’s what you need to know about them:

Eric Vogeler is an experienced attorney and researcher and has been studying and investing in cryptographic assets and currencies since their infancy, including purchases in early-stage bitcoin and ethereum, among other promising blockchain projects. He has substantial research experience in case law, securities, international regulatory issues, and on-the-ground applications of blockchain and Web 3.0 industries. Eric is a director and researcher at Uinta Blockchain Research, a not-for-profit research institute and accelerator for the blockchain industry and member of the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance.

Benjamin Beasley received his doctor of laws (juris doctor) degree from Harvard Law School and advises in the areas of business, finance, securities, and regulation. He previously worked in the London offices of the highly ranked international firm White & Case, advising multinational companies and sovereign nations on major international securities, finance, and structuring transactions ranging in value from $1 billion to $40 billion USD. There he helped a number of developing and first-world nations with financial offerings in major markets. He has also assisted dozens of local and international startup companies, as well as technology accelerators, with early-stage formation, structuring, financing and other legal issues. He has lived and worked in Paraguay, Italy, California, London, and Cambridge, and has traveled extensively through some 20 countries. Ben has been following the crypto and blockchain industries since 2013. He is a director and researcher at Uinta Blockchain Research, a not-for-profit research institute and accelerator for the blockchain industry and member of the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance.

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Eric Engebretsen
Blockbox
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