Services
Web3 legal and regulatory advisory across crypto, stablecoins, tokenisation, payments, blockchain infrastructure and fintech. Licensing, compliance, legal opinions, jurisdiction analysis and regulatory research — across 23 jurisdictions.
Regulatory Advisory
Web3 legal and regulatory advisory across crypto, stablecoins, tokenisation, payments and fintech.
Advisory on how digital asset activity is treated under the law of a given jurisdiction. Coverage includes crypto trading and custody, stablecoin issuance and distribution, tokenisation of securities and funds, payments and e-money, DeFi protocols, and broader blockchain-based financial activity. Engagement points include classification questions, licensing perimeter analysis, marketing and distribution restrictions, and regulator engagement.
- Pre-launch regulatory assessment for crypto, stablecoin and token projects
- Web3 policy and regulatory perimeter analysis
- Jurisdiction selection and trade-offs
- Regulator engagement and pre-application meetings
Compliance & Audit
Crypto and fintech compliance frameworks, AML controls and operational audit.
Review of operations, controls and internal processes against supervisory expectations for VASPs, crypto exchanges, custodians, stablecoin issuers, payment institutions and fintech operators. Scope covers onboarding and KYC, transaction monitoring, travel rule compliance, sanctions screening, recordkeeping, governance, conflicts handling and board reporting. The output is a defined list of remediation items.
- Crypto and fintech operational compliance review
- AML, KYC and Travel Rule controls assessment
- Governance, conflicts and board reporting review
- Ongoing supervisory engagement support
Licensing & Regulatory Structuring
VASP licensing, exchange authorisation, custody licensing, broker-dealer, stablecoin and payments structuring.
Licensing strategy and end-to-end applications for virtual asset service providers (VASPs), crypto exchanges and trading platforms, custody providers, broker-dealers, token issuers, stablecoin issuers and payment institutions. Includes jurisdiction selection across Singapore (MAS), Hong Kong (SFC/HKMA), ADGM (FSRA), DIFC (DFSA), VARA, Bahrain (CBB), Switzerland (FINMA), Malta (MFSA), Estonia (FSA), Gibraltar (GFSC), the UK (FCA), the EU (MiCAR CASPs), the US (SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, state regimes), Cayman (CIMA), BVI (FSC), Bahamas (SCB), Bermuda (BMA) and adjacent regimes. Coordination with corporate, tax and operational advisors on structuring.
- VASP and crypto-asset service provider (CASP) authorisations
- Crypto exchange, trading platform and custody licensing
- Broker-dealer, MTF and money transmission licensing
- Stablecoin issuance, reserve and distribution structuring
- Token issuance structuring and white paper review
- Payments, e-money and fintech authorisations
Legal Opinions
Token classification, exchange listing opinions, counterparty and onboarding opinions.
Written legal opinions for decisions that require certainty on the record. Common engagements include token classification under a specific regime (security, commodity, utility, payment token, e-money token, asset-referenced token, virtual asset), exchange listing opinions, regulatory status opinions for new crypto and blockchain products, and opinions commissioned by banks, custodians, exchanges and other counterparties as part of institutional onboarding and due diligence.
- Token classification opinions (security, commodity, utility, ART, EMT)
- Exchange listing opinions
- Counterparty and institutional onboarding opinions
- Regulatory status opinions for crypto, DeFi and tokenised products
- Jurisdiction-specific legal opinions for protocols and issuers
Jurisdiction Analysis & Reports
Comparative analysis of crypto, stablecoin, tokenisation and VASP regimes across jurisdictions.
Written analysis comparing how different regimes treat the same activity, the meaningful distinctions between them, and the operational consequences for a particular decision. Produced on commission for clients selecting jurisdictions, and as standalone reports tracking regulatory developments in web3 and digital finance.
- Commissioned jurisdiction comparison studies
- Market entry and licensing pathway analysis
- Regulatory landscape reports for crypto and stablecoins
- Bespoke research for institutional decisions
Legal Writing & Research
Policy submissions, regulatory memos, white papers and long-form legal writing.
Web3 legal research and writing for clients, platforms and publications. Work includes policy submissions and consultation responses to regulators, regulatory memos and white papers, token white paper review under MiCAR and equivalent regimes, and long-form analytical pieces on crypto, blockchain, stablecoins, tokenisation and fintech regulation.
- Policy submissions and consultation responses
- Regulatory memos and research notes
- Token white paper drafting and review
- Long-form analytical writing on web3 and digital asset law