Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian has hired Sangeetha Raghunathan, general counsel of fintech startup Earnin, in a move that bolsters the firm’s regulatory support for clients in the fast-growing sector.

Raghunathan joined the firm as a partner in Redwood City last week, and is one of several recent partner hires that bring experience in web3 and fintech. Those include regulatory partner Ben Buckwalter, former chief compliance officer at Andreessen Horowitz, and corporate partner and Securities and Exchange Commission alum Andy Thorpe.