Fintech, Insurtech, blockchain and smart contracts form the foundation on which businesses of the future will be built. Allow us to provide you with legal expertise on the benefits of offshore structures in establishing an entity involving digital assets and blockchain technology.

Conyers’ Fintech & Digital Assets practice stands out for its deep bench of experts covering a wide spectrum of legal disciplines, including corporate law, digital asset regulations, investment funds, insolvency and dispute resolution. Our Cayman Islands fintech legal experts are complemented by a global team of lawyers advising on the laws of the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and British Virgin Islands, with offices in those locations as well as London, Hong Kong and Singapore, offering coordinated advice and services across time zones.

The firm’s multi-disciplinary team is highly experienced in advising clients on a broad range of blockchain, digital asset and Web3 issues, including:

  • VASP registration
  • ICOs
  • Crypto and blockchain venture funds
  • Series financing in blockchain technology
  • Structuring, financing and operating of fintech and blockchain entities (including foundation companies)
  • Dispute resolution including seeking novel solutions outside of court processes (e,g. arbitration)
  • Asset tracing and recovery
  • Assisting stakeholders when dealing with distressed assets/funds and insolvency
  • Regulatory matters

The Conyers team delivers strategic and commercial advice in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, offering a dedicated one-stop full service Fintech & Digital Assets practice. Conyers is also a founding member of the Cayman Islands chapter of the Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery network (CFAAR) and is a member of the Blockchain Association of the Cayman Islands (BACI).

Investment Funds

Conyers advises clients on a wide range of digital assets, Web3 and fintech transactions including advising on the establishment and maintenance of Cayman Islands foundation companies to assist with the oversight and development of blockchain protocols and digital assets. Conyers has represented fund sponsors across a range of strategies including traditional buyout, growth, venture and an increasing number of funds focused on digital assets and the development of blockchain technology. The team routinely advises general partners and founders on their upper tier structures and governance arrangements.

Corporate & Transactional

The team has extensive experience advising on the full spectrum of Web3, fintech, crypto and digital assets matters, including with respect to the structuring, governance and regulation of Cayman Islands foundation companies in connection with decentralised autonomous organisations.

Regulatory & Risk Advisory

Our regulatory experts are well-versed in advising on all aspects of Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands regulations for the Web3, fintech and digital assets sector. Our specialist team supports clients across the full lifecycle, from initial structuring and regulatory analysis (including preparing regulatory memos and submitting licence and registration applications, where needed), to ongoing advice and support as projects and activities evolve, and helping clients stay ahead of regulatory developments. Our expertise spans both contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters, including responding to CIMA enquiries and requests for information.

Dispute Resolution

Our disputes resolution experts help clients (including well-known cryptocurrency exchanges, developers, digital asset professional service advisors, directors and founders) navigate through complex, high value and strategically significant disputes and investigations. In particular, our specialists are focused on providing creative and solutions-driven approaches to disputes in the Web3, fintech and digital assets sector.

Contacts

Robert J.D. Briant

Partner, Head of BVI Corporate Practice

British Virgin Islands

Eric Flaye

Partner and Head of London Office

London

Piers Alexander

Partner, Global Head of Investment Funds

Hong Kong

Robert Lindley

Partner, Head of Cayman & BVI Private Client & Trust

British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands

Róisín Liddy-Murphy

Partner, Head of Regulatory & Risk Advisory (Cayman)

British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands

Theo Lefkos

Partner, Head of Private Equity – Cayman

Cayman Islands

Anton Goldstein

Partner

British Virgin Islands

Nicholas Kuria

Counsel

British Virgin Islands

Jonathon Milne

Partner, Co-Head of Cayman Islands Litigation & Restructuring

Cayman Islands

Rachael Pape

Partner

British Virgin Islands

Preetha Pillai

Director, Head of Singapore office

Singapore

All Fintech & Digital Assets Contacts