At A Glance Guide To Cayman Islands ICO And Blockchain Legal Services

Ogier provides legal advice on BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg law. Our network of locations also includes Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. Legal services for the corporate and financial sectors form the core of our business, principally in the areas of banking and finance, corporate, investment funds, dispute resolution, private equity and private wealth. We also have strong practices in the areas of employee benefits and incentives, employment law, regulatory, restructuring and corporate recovery and property. Our corporate administration business, Ogier Global, works closely with Ogier's partner-led legal teams to incorporate and administer a wide variety of vehicles, offering clients integrated legal and corporate administration services. We have the knowledge and expertise to handle the most demanding and complex transactions and provide expert, efficient and cost effective services to all our clients.

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We were among the very first offshore law firms to advise on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Security Token Offerings (STOs) and are highly experienced in the sector.

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We were among the very first offshore law firms to advise on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Security Token Offerings (STOs) and are highly experienced in the sector.

To date, we have advised on more than 50 ICOs and STOs, assisting our clients with utility, access and security token generation events across a wide range of sectors including entertainment, real estate, medical, advertising, education, communications and Blockchain support.

We have a proven track record in advising on ICOs, STOs and initial loan offerings (ILOs), as well as more traditional investment funds investing in cryptocurrency, Blockchain businesses and ICOs. Our team has the expertise and experience to advise on launches and ongoing operation including governance and regulation, getting straight to the point to simplify often complex legal issues for our clients operating in this sector and driving value.

Cayman is the leading offshore jurisdiction for ICOs because of its tax neutrality, the sophisticated structuring options available and the world-class level of both regulation and professional services.

Regulatory

We provide a full written memorandum of regulatory advice. In the memorandum and our subsequent advice we will highlight the Cayman entities' AML obligations for you so that you can establish relationships with AML service providers and ensure that this important element is properly addressed.

Launch

We form and launch the entity that will conduct the ICO/STO/ILO (including structuring advice)

Correspondence

Correspondence and advice by email or telephone with clients and other service providers

Bespoke

We draft bespoke legal documents tailored to our clients' needs

Documents

Terms and conditions of token purchase, pre-sale agreement, simple agreements for future tokens or equity, terms of use, inter-group license agreements, inter-group service agreements, advisory agreements.

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