Digital Assets Legal Services

While the digital assets sector continues to thrive, it persistently faces complex cross-border regulatory and other legal challenges.

Businesses and individuals operating in this space require clear and confident guidance to navigate the multi-jurisdictional and complex legal landscape, and to identify long-term commercial solutions that work for them.

Our financial regulatory experts can ensure that your operations align with evolving regulatory standards, while maximising opportunities for growth. But more than that, we provide expertise from across the board enabling you to benefit from one team of digital assets experts across any of your key legal needs.

We understand the unique challenges faced by the sector and are committed to delivering tailored solutions that empower our clients to thrive in the digital economy.

Our digital assets expertise

We are uniquely positioned to provide value across a comprehensive suite of legal services, as part of a fully integrated team, combining experts in:

• Regulation - including token ICO and NFT drop taxonomy; regulatory approvals; financial promotions; MiCA compliance; and more.
• Commercial and Corporate M&A - including the structuring of crypto projects, establishment of crypto funds, and broader M&A activities.
• Litigation - including breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property infringement, and enforcement of judgments.
• Private Client - including estate planning with digital assets, tax implications of holding or transferring such assets, and managing digital assets in the broader context of personal wealth. We can also support on the involvement of digital assets in divorce proceedings.
• Taxation - including tax implications of digital asset transactions and investments, from capital gains tax, income tax and inheritance tax, to international tax considerations.
• Insolvency - including crypto firm restructuring and advising on the complexities of bankruptcy law as it pertains to cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.
• Employment - including all employment aspects of digital asset businesses, AI system provider employment contracts, workplace policies, and the management of intellectual property rights.

With us, you will have a team that understands your language, builds strong long-term relationships, and provides leading expertise across a broad range of legal issues to help deliver on your strategic objectives. 

Some of our recent experience

• Advised major cryptoasset trading platform, Coinbase, on all the complex regulatory issues and innovative third party supplier agreements required for the launch of their Coinbase Card in the UK
• Advising leading online broker, eToro, on the regulatory status of certain types of cryptocassets, particularly with regards their cryptocurrency CFD business
• Advised the developer of the Kuende platform, on the launch of Keunde’s TGE (ICO). Kuende is the first blockchain fuelled social network that uses gamified challenges to reward real life social interaction
• Advised a number of private individuals in divorce proceedings on how to value and divide cryptoassets upon divorce
• Advising a client on the issues involved in establishing a cryptoasset trading platform and the launch of an ICO