Legal Coinbase beefs up legal team again, adding IP leader from Capital One Arriana McLymore 2 minute read Employees of Coinbase Global Inc watch as their listing is displayed on the Nasdaq MarketSite jumbotron. April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Amid an extended legal department hiring spree for newly-public Coinbase Global Inc., the fintech company has swiped a top in-house lawyer from Capital One who helped spearhead the bankâs recent investments in intellectual property. Ariana Woods spent four years at Capital One, most recently as associate general counsel and head of intellectual property. On Thursday, she announced on LinkedIn that she's joined Coinbase as head of IP at the cryptocurrency exchange.