Cryptocurrencies are no longer brand new but they are still very much developing as markets.
Wherever you are in the crypto world, from developer to broker, our award-winning Crypto Assets team can provide the advice and practical problem solving you need to succeed in this constantly evolving industry.
We know that compliance will be high on your agenda. As is cybersecurity, commercial arrangements and a host of other legal considerations. Having worked at the cutting edge of development in this sector, we can bring considerable experience to the table for your benefit. That includes advising global clients with coin and token offerings, handling groundbreaking deals in Hong Kong and Germany and working on the first ICO in the London Market.
When you work with us, you will be working with a team of lawyers in all of the world's major finance centers, perfectly placed to understand the patchwork of global regulations. Our current clients come from all areas of the crypto and blockchain ecosystem, meaning we already understand businesses like yours and the demands of the organizations you work with.
In the vanguard of the development of the legal and regulatory conditions around cryotcurrencies since the very beginning, we have knowledge you need to find effective and principled solutions that will work for your business now and far into the future.
Our Cypto Assets capability in Ireland
Our crypto assets lawyers work with multiple industry bodies in Ireland and globally to best assist you in understanding the evolving nature of the applicable regulatory regime to crypto assets.The team works with various FinTech entities, crypto and securities exchanges, crowdfunding platforms, Virtual Asset Service Providers, wallet providers, crypto custodians, funds and their service providers. We also provide training services and advice in relation to compliance and applicable regulatory requirements.
Our lawyers have experience across the full spectrum of crypto asset issues, including advising:
- numerous Irish domiciled digital asset services providers on the Virtual Asset Service Provider (“VASP”) AML registration process with the Central Bank of Ireland, to include assisting with drafting relevant policies and procedures, liaising with the regulator and advising on applicable grandfathering provisions, together with horizon scanning advice regarding the potential impacts of MiCA
- a number of global broker and crypto exchanges on the establishment Irish domiciled crypto and securities exchanges, including the Irish authorisation requirements, including specific regulatory advice related to MiFID II, EBA outsourcing guidelines, PSD II, electronic money requirements, governance, client assets, VASP and liaising with policy, authorisations and the innovation hub at the CBI
- a platform provider based in Germany on the establishment of a new white-label debt repackaging programme utilising DLT in respect of an Irish s.110 umbrella securitisation vehicle, which involved complex tax and legal and regulatory analysis
- fund management companies, depositaries and fund administrators on the provision of services to regulated and unregulated funds that invest directly and indirectly in digital /crypto assets
- providing regulatory advice to a global multi-media entity regarding a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and the current regulatory framework applicable to DAOs and DAO tokens
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