Chapman and Cutler was honored to host the Chicago Bar Association's Futures and Derivatives Law Committee Meeting in December 2025 at our Chicago office.
Amid accelerating regulatory activity and industry adoption, this cross‑industry panel explored the growing role of tokenization in financial markets, examining how the technology is advancing, what risks and opportunities it presents, and what market participants should be preparing for next.
The discussion also addressed the increasing interest from regulators and industry groups, underscoring what market participants should be thinking about as tokenization accelerates across the financial sector.
Resources
Recording - Part 1: Tokenization 101
Hear Chapman partners Juan Arciniegas, Liz Boison, Christian Brockman, and Curtis Doty present a primer on the legal and operational models for tokenizing assets, the rights associated with various token structures, market‑infrastructure implications, and the role of compliance‑by‑design as tokenization scales.
Recording - Part 2: What the Industry Is Doing Now and Where It's Going
In the second part of the panel, industry leaders who are actively shaping the digital asset and investment management landscape joined the Chapman team. The discussion addressed the increasing interest from regulators and industry groups, highlighting what market participants should be thinking about as tokenization accelerates across the financial sector.
Learn more about our Cryptocurrency, Digital Assets, and Blockchain practice here.
