Digital Assets & Emerging Technologies

Blockchain, tokens and connected devices raise questions the rules have not fully answered. We help you structure the activity, work through the regulatory picture, and build on solid legal footing.

Building On Ground The Rules Have Not Settled

Digital asset and connected-technology businesses get built faster than the law around them settles. We help clients structure the activity before it hardens: what the asset actually is, who holds it, which jurisdictions are in play, and what exchanges, banks, custodians and investors will require before they will deal with you.

That work runs from token and platform structure through custody, reporting and the agreements behind each transaction, and it extends to the hardware side, the connected devices and networks that carry the data and raise their own security, privacy and liability questions. Our counsel comes from an operator’s chair as well as a lawyer’s, so it accounts for how these systems are actually built and run.

Digital Assets & Blockchain

Tokens, stablecoins, NFTs, decentralized applications, smart contracts, royalties and digital identity. We advise on how the activity is structured, how assets are held and transferred, reporting and recordkeeping, and the agreements behind each transaction, working through the regulatory picture as it stands rather than as anyone wishes it were.

Connected Devices & IoT

Smart devices, sensors and the networks behind them raise questions about who owns the data, who secures it, and who is responsible when something fails. We advise on how devices and platforms are designed, contracted for and deployed, and on the product, privacy and consumer-protection exposure that comes with them.

Regulatory Position & Disclosure

Where the rules are unsettled, the defensible position is a documented one. We help clients decide how to classify and describe what they are doing, prepare for questions from regulators, banks, exchanges and investors, and keep the record that supports the choice.