Stephen Anstey

Stephen Anstey is an attorney and member of Kilpatrick Townsend’s Energy, Fintech, and Native American Affairs teams as well the Firm’s Government & Regulatory and Digital Assets and Distributed Ledger Technology practices. Stephen also founded and leads the Kilpatrick Townsend Digital Assets Regulation Blog. He represents businesses, organizations, and governments on federal regulatory, compliance, grant, financing, tax, and executive agency matters. His practice focuses on energy, sustainability, ESG, COVID relief, Tribal law, distributed ledger technology (including blockchain), and digital assets (cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, tokenization, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)). Stephen also has expertise relating to the implementation and administration of the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, $280 billion CHIPS Act, and $433 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). In addition, he has worked extensively on pro bono civil rights cases, including discrimination and LGBTQIA+ matters.