Overview
Rachael Hashmall is a partner in the Investment Funds & Private Capital practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office.
Rachael advises asset managers and investors on the development and launch of innovative financial products and services. She has extensive experience working with high-net-worth investors, family offices, fund sponsors and financial institutions in connection with fund formations and their ongoing operations, investment due diligence, private equity and debt transactions, regulatory compliance and cross-border structuring.
Her practice spans a broad range of private investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity and credit funds, fund of funds and other hybrid structures. Rachael also has experience structuring and negotiating seed and strategic investments, and she helps clients design tailored solutions such as joint ventures, co-investment platforms, managed accounts and other strategic partnerships.
Rachael further provides strategic guidance to clients on navigating complex regulatory frameworks, including advising on the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Corporate Transparency Act.
Education
- New York University School of Law, J.D.
- University of Miami, B.A. (summa cum laude)
Engagement & Publications
Speaking Engagements
- “Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Final Rules, New Guidance on Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting,” Strafford Webinars, Speaker (Nov. 21, 2024)
- “Securities law issues in tokenization projects,” Fintech Pulse Podcast, Speaker (November 2024)
- “Regulation Around the World: Issue 13 – UK Consumer Duty,” Regulation Around the World Podcast, Speaker (November 2024)
- “Regulation of stablecoins, US Bitcoin ETFs, EU crypto assets legislation,” Fintech Pulse Podcast, Episode 12, Speaker (February 2024)
- “The Latest Development in the Crypto: Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds,” Securitization Insight Podcast, Episode 54, Speaker (Jan. 29, 2024)
- “The Corporate Transparency Act: Concerns for Securitizations,” Securitization Insight Podcast, Episode 50, Speaker (Oct. 24, 2023)
- “The Metaverse,” Association for Women in Crypto, Panelist (April 2023)
- “Corporate Transparency Act overview and update,” Private Wealth Symposium, Speaker (Nov. 30, 2022)
- “Series LLCs: Structuring and Financing,” Strafford Webinars, Speaker (Jan. 6, 2022)
- “FATF’s new rules and guidance on virtual assets and VASPS in the UK, EU and the US, Stablecoin Report recently issued by the US President’s Working Group, benefits to the FinTech sector of Singapore's new copyright act,” Fintech Pulse Podcast, Episode 7, Speaker (December 2021)
- “DeFi Academy: An introduction to DeFi,” Speaker (Sept. 21, 2021)
- “NFTs, the Mexican FinTech market, Binance, the UK’s BNPL landscape, German standard amendment clause update,” Fintech Pulse Podcast, Episode 4, Speaker (July 2021)
Publications
- “Anatomy of an NFT,” Inside Tech Law, Co-Author (April 29, 2021)
- “SEC Relief For Digital Custody Co. Takes Guarded Approach,” Law360, Co-Author (Nov. 14, 2019)
- “Formation of registered series of Delaware LLCs to be permitted,” Westlaw, Thomson Reuters, Co-Author (Aug. 1, 2019)
- “Anatomy of an ICO,” Project Finance NewsWire, Co-Author (April 2018)