Viktoriya Pashorina-Nichols is a general commercial Senior Solicitor at Simpson Grierson who enjoys, in particular, advising startups/early stage companies and seeing them grow on their journey. As part of this role, Viktoriya developed a lot of interest in blockchain technology and the world of cryptocurrencies, which has resulted in her participation as an Executive Council member and Chair of BlockchainNZ. Aside from blockchain and startups, Viktoriya assists with business acquisitions, corporate governance and administration, business structuring (eg through companies, limited partnerships, or joint ventures), capital raising and venture capital funds, and other general commercial/trading arrangements.