NORTH LAKES
LEGAL
North Lakes Legal focuses on bridging traditional asset finance experience with evolving
decentralized finance
Christian Petersen
Principal
Christian Petersen, principal at North Lakes Legal, brings 25 years years of international finance and transactional experience to the decentralized finance space.
In support of MakerDAO, Christian structured and executed several of the most high profile financings of real world assets utilizing decentralized finance.
BlockTower Credit, a 150 million DAI facility utilizing the Centrifuge "Tinlake" protocol
Huntingdon Valley Bank, a $100 million loan participation structure with funding provided by MakerDAO
Societe General Forge, a 30 million DAI vault collateralized by tokenized French covered bonds (OFH token)
Centrifuge, development of Indenture Trust Structure for use with MakerDAO
Monetalis, a 500 million DAI facility to acquire iShares US$ Treasury Bond 0-1 yr ETF and the iShares US$ Treasury Bond 1-3 yr ETF
His wide-ranging geographic and transactional experience provides a diverse wealth of knowledge and know-how to support the adoption of real world assets in the decentralized finance space.
Leadership
Co-authored - Real World Finance: Decision-Making and Delegated Committee Proposal at https://forum.makerdao.com/t/real-world-finance-decision-making-and-delegated-committee-proposal/15276/39
Co-authored - Methodology for Review of MIP6 Structured Finance Transactions at https://forum.makerdao.com/t/methodology-for-review-of-mip6-structured-finance-transactions/12697
Co-authored - RWF Collateral Risk Level at https://forum.makerdao.com/t/informal-poll-rwf-collateral-risk-level/12254
Authored - MIP6c-3-SP1: (RWA Only) Supplement to Collateral Onboarding Application at https://forum.makerdao.com/t/mip6c3-sp1-rwa-only-supplement-to-collateral-onboarding-application/10433
Authored - Real World Assets Legal Structures - A Comparison at https://forum.makerdao.com/t/real-world-asset-legal-structures-a-comparison/9877
Contributor - Centrifuge Update: Cornerstone Agreement Complete to Onboard RWAs to Maker with Centrifuge at https://forum.makerdao.com/t/centrifuge-update-cornerstone-agreement-complete-to-onboard-rwas-to-maker-with-centrifuge-successful-collaboration-with-incubating-lts/15005