Erika Cabo Greenberg Traurig has picked up a new of counsel for its financial regulatory and compliance and blockchain and digital assets practices in Miami from Sidley Austin LLP.

Erika Cabo brought her nearly two decades of experience to her new firm, Greenberg Traurig announced Thursday. She focuses on regulation, compliance, and structuring transactions involving blockchain, digital assets, derivatives, and complex structured products.

"Greenberg Traurig's deep roots in the Miami community, combined with its longstanding ties across Latin America, the United States, and globally, uniquely position the firm at the forefront of the evolving crypto ecosystem. I was drawn to the firm's entrepreneurial platform, which empowers me to expand its sophisticated financial regulatory, blockchain, and digital assets practice, while maintaining a flexible, client-focused approach that always puts clients' business needs first," Cabo said in a statement.

Cabo previously spent time in private practice in New York as well as in-house experience, as assistant vice president and senior counsel at J.P. Morgan in Hong Kong and as an ISDA negotiator at Goldman Sachs in New York.

"Returning to Miami, it was important for me to join a firm with a strong reputation and a leading presence in a city that has become a central hub for digital assets and blockchain innovation," Cabo said.

Cabo's clients include global blockchain technology companies, cryptocurrency exchanges, token issuers, digital asset funds, broker-dealers, and major global investment banks and financial institutions.

In her derivatives practice, Cabo counsels regulated entities and end users in the U.S. and Latin America, the firm said.

She also works with regulators and policymakers on behalf of clients, including representing blockchain platforms before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Crypto Task Force and drafting comment letters on proposed SEC rules.

Cabo's experience includes advising clients on advanced policy initiatives and market structure legislation.

"Erika's experience at the intersection of digital assets, financial regulation, and derivatives reflects exactly the kind of innovative, future‑focused skillset our clients rely on," said Barbara A. Jones, chair of the firm's interdisciplinary blockchain and digital assets practice, and Marina Olman-Pal, co-chair of the firm's financial regulatory and compliance practice, in a joint statement.

They added, "Her ability to navigate evolving regulatory environments and collaborate across disciplines aligns with the strengths of our global platform and enhances the support we provide to clients operating in rapidly changing markets."

Cabo is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and earned a bachelor's degree from Duke University, according to her biography on the firm's website.