Raffi Teperdjian

Raffi Teperdjian is an associate at Latham & Watkins. Mr. Teperdjian advises fintech companies, digital asset platforms, financial institutions, and emerging growth companies on complex corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters involving payments, blockchain technology, digital assets, and emerging technologies.

Before returning to private practice, Mr. Teperdjian served as senior counsel at Protocol Labs, an open-source research and development lab working on matters including investments and deals, treasury
management, and regulatory compliance.

Mr. Teperdjian regularly researches, publishes, and presents on legal issues involving emerging technologies. His scholarship includes “The Puzzle of Squaring Blockchain with the General Data Protection Regulation” published in Jurimetrics for which he was awarded the Loevinger Prize as the article in Volume 60 that made the best contribution to the field of law, science, and technology. He also co-authored “A Structural Solution to Mitigating Artificial
Intelligence Bias in Administrative Agencies” published in George Washington Law Review Arguendo.

Prior to, and concurrently with, Mr. Teperdjian's study of the law, he worked on a variety of systems development and big data analysis projects in both federal and commercial information technology consulting. In addition to his present role at Latham, he periodically teaches Artificial Intelligence Law and Policy and Cybersecurity Incident Response courses at The George Washington University Law School.