The Fintech and Blockchain space is in flux and transforming the entire financial services landscape. The resulting innovations are enhancing the way banks, companies, and institutions operate. Throughout the lifecycle of your business, we help you scale responsibly as you push the boundaries of traditional finance. Everything from regulatory compliance to strategic partnership agreements, software development to intellectual property rights; you can depend on us to protect your interests. We’re dedicated to helping startups and established enterprises navigate the often compliance-laden back office of the banking world.
We are proud to have serviced clientele from across the globe on fintech-related matters. From the US, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, China and the UAE.
Our clients come from a wide range of industries and different stages of growth, from early-stage startups to major multinational corporations, global financial services firms and venture capital firms.
• Advising a leading US-based crypto trading platform on navigating the requirements to issue security tokens.
• Advising a crypto futures and derivatives exchange on navigating the regulatory landscape and licensing regimes across the Asia Pacific region.
• Assisting a security token platform on the Hong Kong and Singapore regulatory landscape and helping them hard code rules into the platform.
• Establishing a US$250 million fund to invest in early-stage tech businesses with a side pocket for investments in select digital assets.
• Drafting internal procedures and processes for an exchange software provider on the provision of white-labeled exchange software to German-based operators.
• Advising a major international investment bank on the regulatory issues surrounding the development and operation of a permissioned cryptocurrency-based blockchain system.
• Guiding a major Asian crypto exchange on moving from Hong Kong to an EU jurisdiction, including advising on corporate structuring, FS regulation, employment issues, and AML.
• Securities and Futures Ordinance
• Banking Ordinance
• Money Lenders Ordinance
• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) Ordinance
• Payment Systems and Stored Value Facilities Ordinance
• Insurance Companies Ordinance
• Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance / GDPR
• ICO (Company incorporation, Terms and Conditions, Offering Documentation, Dispute Resolution)
• Capital Raising VC series financing / Term Sheets
• Investment Agreements / Collective Investment Schemes / Joint Venture Agreements
• Shareholders Agreements / Disputes
• IT Agreements
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Intellectual Property Issues / Trademark registrations
• Employment law including Share Option Programmes
• Trust and Asset Protection Matters
• Cross-Border Structuring / Business Scaling across Jurisdiction
• White Paper Reviews
• Pre-Sales Agreements / Marketing Materials
• Implementation of Privacy and Collection of Data Program (policy and procedures)
• Reviewing / Compliance of Authentication and KYC procedures