Blockchain & Digital Asset Legal Services

Licensing & Regulatory Approvals

Get authorised to operate, in the right market, on a realistic timeline.

Application strategy and end-to-end support for virtual asset authorisations: VARA, DFSA and ADGM in the UAE, MiCA CASP in the EU, MAS in Singapore, SFC in Hong Kong and 40+ other regimes. We also advise public bodies and industry associations on policy and rulemaking.

• VASP and crypto licence applications
• MiCA CASP authorisation
• Regulator liaison, remediation and variation filings
• Policy and public-sector advisory

Token Legal Opinions & Classification

A defensible answer on what your token is and how it may be offered.

Written legal analysis of token classification for exchanges, investors and regulators, including security versus utility and commodity analysis, stablecoin treatment and jurisdiction-specific memoranda suitable for listings and due diligence.

• Security, utility and commodity analysis
• Exchange listing and investor due-diligence opinions
• Stablecoin and wrapped-asset classification
• Jurisdiction-specific legal memoranda

Incorporation & Legal Structuring

The entity, jurisdiction and governance your operation actually needs.

Entity formation and group structuring across asset-friendly jurisdictions, with the shareholder agreements, governance terms and token-holder arrangements that hold up under regulatory and tax scrutiny. Includes foundations and DAO legal wrappers.

• Incorporation and jurisdiction selection
• Group, holding and foundation structures
• DAO legal wrappers
• Shareholder, governance and token-holder agreements

Banking, Payments & Cross-Border Transfers

Stable fiat rails and transfers that survive compliance review.

Access to banking, e-money and payment service providers, compliant fiat on and off ramps, merchant and corporate accounts, and structured cross-border movement of fiat and digital assets under AML and sanctions rules.

• Bank and EMI introductions
• Fiat on and off ramp arrangements
• Payment service provider and merchant accounts
• Cross-border transfer structuring and AML reviews

Token Fundraising & Investment Documentation

Raise capital with documentation that matches how the raise is sold.

Support across the raise: ICO, IEO, IDO and STO structuring, private placements, SAFE, SAFT and token warrant drafting, subscription documents and disclosure, plus the whitepaper and offering materials investors read.

• ICO, IEO, IDO and STO legal structuring
• SAFE, SAFT and token warrant drafting
• Private placement and subscription documents
• Whitepaper and offering material drafting or review

Tokenomics & Employee Token Plans

Economics and compensation designed with the legal limits in view.

Review and design of token supply, allocation, vesting and lock-ups, alongside employee token ownership plans and token-based compensation, so the economic terms you publish match the obligations you take on.

• Token allocation, vesting and lock-up design
• Employee token ownership plans (ETOPs)
• Token-based compensation and contractor awards
• Disclosure of economic terms

Tax, Reporting & Compliance Operations

The ongoing filings and controls that keep a licence in good standing.

Digital asset tax positions and reporting across trading, staking, DeFi and NFT activity, plus the compliance operations behind them: AML and KYC programmes, travel rule and CARF reporting, and regulator correspondence.

• Digital asset tax positions and filings
• Staking, DeFi and NFT reporting
• AML, KYC and travel rule programmes
• Ongoing regulatory reporting and correspondence

Web3 Products, IP & Smart Contracts

Day-to-day counsel for what you build and launch on-chain.

Ongoing product counsel: moving a traditional business into Web3, blockchain gaming and play-to-earn models, intellectual property and brand protection on and off chain, smart contract legal review against intended terms, and consumer-facing terms.

• Web2 to Web3 transition strategy
• Blockchain gaming and NFT economy terms
• IP, trademark and brand protection
• Smart contract legal review and platform terms