kvladvisory.com  ·  Palm Beach Gardens, FL

David T.
Kuhn

Operator  ·  Strategic Counsel  ·  Builder

Senior operator with experience as a two-time General Counsel and 15 years across BigLaw, high-growth tech, and founder-led businesses. I operate at the intersection of legal, strategic finance, operations, and execution — helping companies structure, launch, negotiate, and scale in complex markets.

David T. Kuhn

Experience & Education

Firms
Fried FrankFried Frank Alston & BirdAlston & Bird
Companies
Karate CombatKarate Combat Ankr NetworkAnkr Network
Clients
BlackstoneBlackstone JPMorganJPMorgan SL GreenSL Green StarwoodStarwood
Education
University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Pennsylvania Boston College Law SchoolBoston College Law School

What I Do

Strategic Transactions
Operating & Special Projects Leadership
Business-Building in Complex Markets
Legal + Finance Structuring
Fundraising & Financing Support
Commercial Negotiations
Market Structure & Regulatory Positioning
Founder Support & Cross-Functional Execution

Background

15
Years across
law & operations
2×
General Counsel,
high-growth tech
$5B+
Aggregate deals
structured

I got my start in BigLaw, executing complex structured finance and high-value transactions at Fried Frank and Alston & Bird in New York — representing clients such as Blackstone, JPMorgan, SL Green, and Starwood. I moved in-house to combine legal, strategic finance, and operations in emerging tech, crypto, and sports.

I'm comfortable across legal, finance, strategy, and execution — especially in regulated, complex, or high-conviction environments. I build things: functions, frameworks, relationships, and outcomes.

Barred in New York and Pennsylvania. CFA Institute Claritas Certificate. J.D., Boston College Law School. B.A. cum laude, University of Pennsylvania.

Selected Writing

Original strategic research at the intersection of market structure, regulation, and financial law — each series reflects frameworks actively built and published.

eventrisk.ai — Event Risk Series

March 2026 Part III
Event Contracts and the Liquidity Threshold: Risk Transfer, Sportsbook Exposure, and the Derivatives Case for Event Markets
Introduces the Liquidity-Constrained Event Risk Transfer Curve to evaluate when event contracts can facilitate economically meaningful hedging under derivatives law.
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Feb. 2026 Part II
The Financialization of Event Risk
Analyzes the structural evolution of sportsbooks from risk warehouses to risk distributors if prediction markets achieve legal durability and institutional scale.
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Mar. 2026 Part I
Prediction Markets and the Economic Purpose Test
Foundational essay arguing that the CFTC's jurisdiction over event contracts should turn on whether a contract transfers pre-existing economic risk or creates new speculative risk.
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tcframework.com — Token Continuity Series

March 2026 Part III
Token Continuity Framework (TCF White Paper)
Practitioner framework applying ground lease doctrine to token holder structural protections under U.S. securities law, anchored to the March 2026 SEC/CFTC joint interpretive release.
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Dec. 2025 Part II
From Disclosure to Design: Constraining Endogenous Risk in Structurally Subordinate Tokens
Extends the ground lease analogy to securities law's core concern and proposes a tiered token recognition framework drawing on leasehold mortgagee protection doctrine.
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Dec. 2025 Part I
Tokens Are Leases: Structural Subordination in Crypto's Dual Equity–Token Architecture
Argues that the dominant dual equity/token structure is economically equivalent to a ground lease, predictably subordinating token holders, and proposes a policy framework borrowed from ground-lease doctrine.
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Contact

Open to operating, strategic, and legal leadership roles with startups and growth-stage companies — particularly those navigating complex, high-conviction markets. Chief of Staff, Biz Ops, COO-track, Head of Strategic Initiatives, and legal-plus-ops generalist roles all fit.

david@kuhnventurelaw.com

Palm Beach Gardens, FL  ·  Open to remote & South Florida