Jai Massari

Biography

Jai Massari is cofounder and Chief Legal Officer of Lightspark, a company building enterprise payment services on Bitcoin.  She also serves as Of Counsel at Arktouros pllc, a boutique law firm focused on emerging technologies & digital assets.  In addition, Massari is an Operating Advisor of Bessemer Venture Partners; a Lecturer at Stanford Law School, where she teaches a course on Fintech Innovation; and a Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Business and Law.

Previously, Massari was a partner of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in its Financial Institutions Group and a leader of the firm’s fintech and cryptocurrency practice.  Her practice focused on advising global financial institutions, fintech firms, technology companies, and trade associations on complex and novel regulatory considerations arising from financial regulatory reform, digital assets and fintech payments.

Massari holds a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and a B.A. in Chemistry from Cornell University.