Lee A. Schneider

General Counsel, Ava Labs

Lee A. Schneider is a financial services and technology lawyer with extensive experience in blockchain, FinTech and global regulation. Lee serves as General Counsel for Ava Labs. He has been general counsel of several companies, led practice groups at major law firms, held many board of directors positions with trade associations and other groups, served as the inaugural contributing editor for the Chambers and Partners Fintech Practice Guide, co-hosted the original FinTech podcast “Appetite for Disruption,” and co-founded Avalanche Policy Coalition.

Lee is the father of two wonderful Oxford graduates, one who works in publishing and the other in education. He learns about Japanese art history from his wife, who is an assistant curator at the MET.