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Blockchain and Crypto Assets

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Our Blockchain and Crypto Assets practice advises innovators, investors, and enterprises on the legal frameworks governing distributed ledger technologies, digital assets, and decentralized systems, balancing innovation with regulatory compliance. We focus on creating viable business pathways in this evolving regulatory landscape.

We represent crypto startups, cryptocurrency exchanges, token issuers, DeFi protocols, NFT platforms, institutional investors, and traditional enterprises implementing blockchain solutions. Our clients include Israel-based pioneers as well as non-Israeli entrepreneurs and companies, to whom we assist in navigating the international regulatory landscape.

 

We provide more than technical legal analysis – we deliver strategic guidance on developing sustainable business models and products that can adapt to regulatory developments across multiple jurisdictions and strongly support scaling, while achieving core commercial and business objectives.

 

Our team’s expertise encompasses deep technical understanding of distributed ledgers technologies, expertise in traditional financial laws and regulations and a vast experience with different products and services in the crypto and blockchain space.

 

Our blockchain practice is distinguished by its practical approach to a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. We actively participate in industry groups and policy discussions, providing clients with current insights into regulatory developments across key jurisdictions. Our cross-disciplinary expertise enables holistic solutions that address technological, regulatory, and commercial dimensions simultaneously.

  • Regulatory Navigation: Crafting the best strategies for our clients, while addressing regulatory compliance in different jurisdictions. This includes advising on product structure, market expansion, marketing strategies, etc. Engagement with financial regulators, securities authorities, and other governmental bodies on blockchain-related matters, developing constructive regulatory relationships that support business objectives.
  • Token Offerings and Structuring: Legal frameworks for token issuances, including security, utility, and governance tokens, with compliant structuring across jurisdictions and practical pathways to market in varying regulatory environments.
  • Exchange and Trading Platforms: Regulatory frameworks, operational structures, and compliance programs for digital asset trading venues, with particular focus on cross-border operations and international client bases.

“Lawyers stand out for their professionalism, availability, ability to dive into details and provide legal services adjusted to client's stage and scope of business”. Legal 500.

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  • DeFi: Legal infrastructure for decentralized finance protocols. DAOs, balancing decentralized governance with regulatory requirements and commercial viability.

 

  • Web3: Assisting initiatives for web2 products and services to transition to web3 and structuring the pathway for projects to build successfully and safely on web3.

 

  • Institutional Adoption: Facilitating enterprise blockchain implementation and institutional digital asset investment strategies that satisfy corporate governance requirements while capturing technological benefits.

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