Ogier At A Glance guide to Digital Assets and Innovative Technologies

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Our global team assists clients with creating, launching, funding and evolving their digital and decentralised projects and implementing blockchain and cryptocurrency related investment products.

Ogier is the market leader in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands (BVI) for decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) and decentralised nance (DeFi).

Our multi-disciplinary team advises the world's largest virtual asset investment businesses, including virtual asset funds, managers, lenders, traders, consultants, brokers and custodians.

With experts across our jurisdictions - including BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg - we bring a global perspective to our work with clients, which includes launching cryptocurrency and blockchain related funds, both hedge and venture capital, plus private sales, airdrops and grants of tokens and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and a variety of fundraising.

What we do

DAO and Defi projects
We use flexible and innovative structures to help launch new DAOs, and wrap or advise existing operational DAOs.

Crypto funds
We advise crypto fund managers with all aspects of the fund launch, from structuring to regulatory matters.

Fundraising
We assist with a variety of fundraising activities, including private and seed-round fundraising for token launches, raising capital via simple agreements for future tokens/equities, as well as subsequent token launches and series nancing.

VASP regulation
Our global team can offer cross-border advice on evolving regulation for virtual assets service providers (VASPs).

Token issue
We can assist with all stages of token issue, including private sales, airdrops and grants of tokens and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Investment
Whether launching funds to invest directly or indirectly in digital assets, we offer expertise tailored to clients' specialised needs.

About Ogier’s Digital Assets and Innovative Technologies services

Experience
We have experience with DAOs and other governance models, DeFi projects related to decentralised exchanges, liquidity pools, farming, staking, NFT, and other digital asset projects such as token launches, pre-launch fundraising by simple agreements for future equity/ tokens, crypto funds, proprietary trading vehicles and other investment structures as well as other blockchain-based businesses ranging from crypto lenders and gaming vehicles to security audit firms.

Regulatory
We carry out an in-depth analysis of your project and provide a full written memorandum of advice. We can work with regulators to get your project or your business entity (including exchanges and custodians) licensed or registered if appropriate and necessary.

Structuring
We advise on the most suitable vehicle for your project and, if necessary, can provide cross-jurisdictional advice for the most appropriate structure. We work with experienced formation agents, AML compliance forms, fund administrators, auditors, secretaries, directors and other service providers to achieve your objectives. We can draft or review the documents needed for your project including SAFTs, SAFEs, token purchase agreements, warrants and options grants, fund documents, incentive schemes, service agreements and other terms and conditions.

About Ogier

Ogier is a professional services firm with the knowledge and expertise to handle the most demanding and complex transactions and provide expert, efficient and cost-effective services to all our clients. We regularly win awards for the quality of our client service, our work and our people.

Disclaimer

This client briefing has been prepared for clients and professional associates of Ogier. The information and expressions of opinion which it contains are not intended to be a comprehensive study or to provide legal advice and should not be treated as a substitute for specific advice concerning individual situations.

Regulatory information can be found under Legal Notice