Professional profile
Eric F. Galen
General Counsel to Ethena Foundation. California lawyer with more than twenty-five years across digital assets, technology and complex transactions.
Eric F. Galen has worked as outside counsel, in-house counsel, and an operating executive. That operating experience shapes how he gives advice: when you have to live with a deal after it closes, you read the documents differently.
He studied philosophy at UCLA and law at USC. He has been admitted in California since 2000.
Selected roles
Ethena Foundation
General Counsel
Governance, institutional deals, compliance.
RFLXT
General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer
Ran legal and operations for an AI/Web3 company backed by Input Output Global, the company behind Cardano.
Greenspoon Marder
Partner · Innovation & Technology Practice
Built and led the firm's Innovation & Technology practice. Advised founders and investors on technology, digital assets and transactions.
Greenberg Glusker
Partner
Technology, digital media, entertainment and intellectual property.
Hertz Lichtenstein & Young
Partner
Corporate, technology and entertainment work.
Earlier practice
Paul Hastings · Manatt
Corporate and transactional practice in Los Angeles.
Education & professional standing
University of Southern California
Juris Doctor, 2000
University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. in Philosophy, cum laude, 1996
Selected public background
Public records and selected career references.
- State Bar of California · Attorney record
- Greenspoon Marder · Innovation & Technology practice launch, 2021
- Decential · RFLXT operating role, 2024
- Hertz Lichtenstein & Young · Partner announcement and earlier practice, 2013
- Greenberg Glusker · Emerging technology and media practice, 2018
- LinkedIn · Eric Galen
Eric F. Galen · California Bar No. 211553 · e@ericgalen.com