Akiva Miller

Assistant General Counsel

New York, United States

🔴HODLing

Skilled in-house counsel with deep experience managing corporate, commercial, IP, product, and privacy matters for growth-stage crypto, blockchain, FinTech, AI and SaaS companies.

Skills

SaaS & Software Agreements9/10

Blockchain & Crypto Legal9/10

Data Privacy & GDPR Compliance9/10

Commercial Legal Negotiation & Contracting9/10

HIPAA / CCPA / CPRA8/10

AI-Powered CLM (SpotDraft, Spellbook, GC AI) (8/10)Corporate Governance (8/10)Enterprise Sales Support (8/10)AI Legal Operations & Governance (8/10)Legal Operations Infrastructure (8/10)Privacy Program Management (OneTrust) (8/10)Real-World Asset Tokenization (8/10)Regulatory Compliance (Securities, FinTech) (8/10)Contract Lifecycle Management (Ironclad) (7/10)Employment Law (7/10)M&A Due Diligence (7/10)Export Controls & Ethics Compliance (7/10)Open-Source Licensing (7/10)Incident Response (7/10)Intellectual Property (7/10)

Work Experience

Attorney / Fractional GC

Akiva Miller Law

Sept 2025 — Present

Solo practice serving as fractional GC for early-stage FinTech, Blockchain, Crypto, SaaS, and AI companies, providing senior legal leadership on commercial, regulatory, and strategic matters.

Assistant General Counsel

Ondo Finance

Jan 2025 — Aug 2025

Second in-house counsel at a Series A pioneer in real-world asset tokenization. Drove legal execution for the launch of Ondo Global Markets, negotiated eight-figure public blockchain integration agreements with Ripple and Stellar, supported the acquisition of Strangelove Inc., authored the marketing legal framework, and directed deployment of Ondo's first AI-powered CLM platform (SpotDraft).

Director of Legal

Axoni

Aug 2021 — Oct 2024

Sole in-house counsel at a Series B enterprise blockchain/DLT platform. Built enterprise client base through complex software and SaaS agreements with leading financial institutions. Established compliance frameworks, owned IP portfolio and data privacy program, led UK subsidiary formation, authored enterprise AI usage policy, and managed legal operations infrastructure using Ironclad and Vendr.

Counsel / Senior Counsel, Product and Privacy

Sisense, Inc.

Jul 2017 — Aug 2021

Second lawyer at a VC-backed business analytics SaaS company. Negotiated high volumes of B2B SaaS agreements, built a global data protection and privacy compliance program using OneTrust, counseled product and engineering on IP and AI product legal risk, and supported corporate transactions and cross-functional projects.

Legal Counsel

Kaltura, Inc. (KLTR)

Apr 2014 — Jun 2017

Second lawyer at a B2B SaaS OTT TV and video management platform. Handled high volume of commercial transactions, led company-wide GDPR compliance program, and served as legal lead on cross-functional scaling projects.

Associate

E.S. Shimron, I. Molho, Persky and Co. Law Offices

Oct 2011 — Jul 2012

Advised foreign and domestic companies, non-profits, and high net-worth individuals on corporate and commercial activities, real estate transactions, trusts and estates, and litigation.

Education

New York University School of Law

LL.M. · Legal Theory (Privacy and Technology)

2012 – 2013

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law

LL.B. · Law

2006 – 2010