Jason Civalleri helps technology-driven companies make legally durable decisions in markets where business, technology, and regulation are moving faster than traditional playbooks. He advises internet-based businesses, emerging-growth companies, digital asset businesses, and other innovation-focused clients on legal, regulatory, privacy, product, and governance issues that arise when new technologies outpace settled legal categories. His practice combines outside general counsel support with deep experience in data privacy and cybersecurity compliance, AI governance, e-commerce, product counseling, blockchain and digital assets, and emerging digital infrastructure.

Jason previously served as Product Counsel at Grayscale Investments, where he advised on regulated crypto-asset products across securities, regulatory, product, disclosure, and operational risk issues. Jason supported the company’s successful litigation against the SEC concerning the path to public listing for Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and related crypto-asset products. The case helped open the regulatory pathway for GBTC and contributed to the broader listing framework later used by Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other crypto-asset-based exchange-traded products from Grayscale and other major asset managers including BlackRock and Fidelity. He also advised on legal and technical matters across Grayscale’s broader product suite, including Ethereum exchange-traded product strategy and staking-related issues.

Jason also oversaw the creation, implementation, and maintenance of Grayscale’s privacy program, giving him operational experience translating privacy obligations into internal controls, policies, vendor processes, consumer disclosures, and business workflows. He advises clients on privacy program design, cybersecurity readiness, privacy-by-design implementation, data processing and vendor issues, incident response readiness, terms of use, privacy policies, and related consumer protection obligations. Jason is also experienced in navigating how AI integration affects business processes, legal exposure, vendor relationships, and corporate decision-making.

Jason has advised clients ranging from startups to large institutions, including e-commerce businesses, fintech companies, AI innovators, blockchain companies, and established technology companies. His work spans commercial contracts, technology transactions, product risk, regulatory strategy, governance, intellectual property, and money-services compliance for companies operating in fast-moving or legally underdeveloped markets.

Jason has taught Blockchain Law at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law and has presented on the intersection of law and emerging technology, including blockchain, fintech, artificial intelligence, machine learning, privacy, and cybersecurity. His commentary has been quoted or featured by outlets including Reuters, NPR, LexisNexis, CoinDesk, and HackerNoon.

Jason brings a practical, business-oriented approach to legal counseling. He helps clients move quickly without ignoring the regulatory, contractual, operational, technical, and reputational constraints that determine how a company can navigate risk or scale a product safely. His clients value his ability to translate between legal, technical, and business teams, particularly in situations where there is unsettled legal and business terrain.

Jason earned his J.D. from the University of California, Irvine School of Law and an M.B.A. from the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business, where he received Certificates of Excellence in technology and entrepreneurship. He is based in Long Beach, California.