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Kathy Jaffari, Mehrnaz Jalali, and Rikisha Collins discuss the increasing number of public companies holding digital assets and the considerations they should take when holding cryptocurrency on their balance sheets.
Rikisha is dedicated to helping clients solve their problems. She advises emerging and seasoned companies on securities, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and other general corporate matters. She has significant experience with SEC and exchange disclosure and reporting.
Rikisha received her bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in political science from Florida State University and her juris doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. While attending law school, she served as the managing editor of the Georgetown Journal for Poverty Law and Policy and as a student intern for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law in their Fair Housing and Community Development Project.
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Publications
October 23, 2025
Kathy Jaffari, Mehrnaz Jalali, and Rikisha Collins discuss the increasing number of public companies holding digital assets and the considerations they should take when holding cryptocurrency on their balance sheets.
September 23, 2025
Kathy Jaffari, Naz Jalali, and Rikisha Collins discuss the SEC’s recent roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements in The Legal Intelligencer.
September 11, 2025
Kathy Jaffari, Mehrnaz Jalali, and Rikisha Collins discuss the SEC and CFTC's unified crypto regulatory framework and Nasdaq's proposed rules for trading tokenized securities.
August 06, 2025
Rikisha Collins, Kathy Jaffari, and Mehrnaz Jalali discuss the SEC's newly launched Project Crypto, which aims to create clear regulations for the digital asset market.
July 29, 2025
Kathy Jaffari, Mehrnaz Jalali, and Rikisha Collins discuss the SEC’s crypto task force roundtables in The Legal Intelligencer, which focuses on developing a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto assets.
April 25, 2025
Kathy Jaffari, Mehrnaz Jalali, and Rikisha Collins co-authored an article in The Legal Intelligencer analyzing the evolving priorities and actions of the SEC under the Trump administration.
April 25, 2024
Kathy Jaffari, Naz Jalali, and Rikisha Collins discuss the final rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on climate-related disclosures in The Legal Intelligencer.
March 21, 2024
The SEC has adopted a final rule on climate-related disclosures. Seth Popick provides a brief summary of the requirements and what to expect next.
February 08, 2024
Jeremy Garvey, Seth Popick, and Rikisha Collins discuss new SEC rules that augment investor protections in initial public offerings by SPACs and in de-SPAC transactions.
December 06, 2023
Kathy Jaffari and Rikisha Collins discuss the inaugural financial reporting standards (IFRS) unveiled by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).
July 27, 2023
Cozen O’Connor’s multidisciplinary Technology, Privacy & Data Security practice discusses the new rules, their reporting requirements, and when they go into effect.
November 04, 2022
Mehrnaz Jalali, Paul Hallgren, and Rikisha Collins discuss the pay versus performance rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 25 in The Legal Intelligencer.
October 28, 2022
The SEC has adopted the final rule on recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation.
September 12, 2022
Kathy Jaffari and Rikisha Collins discuss the clawback rule proposed in July 2015 that was aimed to strengthen the disclosures and standards for recovery of erroneously awarded compensation by publicly listed companies.
April 25, 2022
Mehrnaz Jalali and Rikisha Collins authored an article in The Legal Intelligencer discussing the SEC’s proposed rule on climate-related disclosures and the roles that public companies play in addressing climate change and sustainability.
March 23, 2022
Kathy Jaffari and Rikisha Collins discuss the SEC's proposed amendments to Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X to “enhance and standardize registrant’s climate-related disclosures for investors.”
February 07, 2022
Kathy Jaffari and Rikisha Collins discuss the top 10 guidance based on TCFD “governance” recommended disclosures and the net-zero company benchmark as well as climate action 100+ net-zero company benchmark indicators.
January 24, 2022
Kathy Jaffari and Rikisha Collins authored an article in The Legal Intelligencer that addresses how the initiatives of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 2021 rulemaking agenda were instituted, and discusses what to expect from the SEC in 2022.