Decentralised Finance
Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
At Fin Lex Global, we specialise in assisting businesses and projects in the Web 3.0 and blockchain sectors, with decentralised finance (DeFi) forming a core part of our expertise. As a key pillar of the crypto ecosystem, DeFi plays a significant role in our practice.
Since 2016, we have served as legal advisors to DeFi ventures, positioning ourselves at the forefront of the global crypto revolution. Our team of Web3 lawyers is exceptionally well-equipped to understand the nuances of the sector and the challenges faced by its participants.
Unlike many others, we are genuine advocates of DeFi and active participants ourselves. What truly excites us about DeFi is its relentless pursuit of innovation and its boldness, regardless of the obstacles. While we occasionally push for careful boundaries, it is precisely these moments that allow us to align perfectly with our clients – we help them realise their ambitions while ensuring they remain compliant and avoid compromising on innovation.
Collaborating with Trusted DeFi Lawyers
Fin Lex Global takes pride in being a trusted advisor to leading DeFi market players and prominent projects ranked within the CoinMarketCap Top-100. Our clients include developers of layer-one and layer-two blockchain networks, decentralised exchanges (DEXs), decentralised lending protocols, leverage protocols, yield aggregators, and stablecoin issuers.
Having remained a prominent player in the industry for years, our DeFi lawyers understand the obstacles our clients face. We offer innovative and efficient legal frameworks, tailored to help your business grow while managing the legal and regulatory risks inherent to the sector.
Having remained a prominent player in the industry for years, our DeFi lawyers understand the obstacles our clients face. We offer innovative and efficient legal frameworks, tailored to help your business grow while managing the legal and regulatory risks inherent to the sector.
Global Legal Expertise for DeFi
In the world of DeFi, products and services extend beyond borders. While we respect the global nature of the sector, we occasionally step in to ensure that the project founders and teams don’t face unnecessary legal complications. After all, we want your projects to succeed without interruption.
Fin Lex Global works alongside DeFi initiatives worldwide, including those based in the EU, Switzerland, the US, UAE, and the Asia-Pacific region. We create legal structures and strategies with an international perspective, customising our approach to meet the needs of global teams. Our solutions leverage the advantages of various legal systems, ensuring your project benefits from robust legal foundations and navigating regulatory diversity as a strategic advantage. This allows our clients to operate confidently within the complexities of the global legal landscape.
Navigating Compliance Challenges
Compliance with the evolving regulatory environment is vital for DeFi projects, whether you’re an established blockchain firm or a new venture. With the global rise of Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) regulations and the increasing application of traditional finance and securities laws to the crypto sector, DeFi projects must carefully navigate these frameworks to avoid regulatory pitfalls.
Our compliance team at Fin Lex Global is adept at guiding DeFi clients through the intricate regulatory landscape. By tailoring our approach to each client’s needs, we help identify the best jurisdictions for business operations, assisting with licensing and approvals, or capitalising on regulatory exemptions where possible.
Using innovative legal strategies, our advisors focus on minimising regulatory and compliance risks for your projects. We prioritise protecting your team and founders from legal liabilities and exposures, ensuring your DeFi initiatives are well-equipped to thrive in a rapidly changing environment.
Tailored Services for DeFi
At Fin Lex Global, we provide specialised legal services for the fast-evolving world of DeFi. Our expert team offers comprehensive support in everything from regulatory compliance to smart contract development, ensuring your DeFi projects are set up for success in the complex legal environment.
Establishing a DeFi Project
Fin Lex Global offers expert legal advice on international corporate structuring for DeFi projects.
Our services also encompass basic tax planning and advice, ensuring that your DeFi venture is optimally structured from a tax perspective.
We assist with company formation and the establishment of legal entities and corporate vehicles globally, covering jurisdictions such as the US, UK, Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE, the EU, and Asia.
Our team will also draft corporate documentation, focusing on governance structures and the relationships between founders and shareholders.
We provide guidance on structuring international money flows and transactions across the group’s entities, ensuring all relevant contracts and documentation are in place.
Additionally, we support the opening of bank accounts and accounts with payment service providers, facilitating smooth operational processes for your project.
Fundraising
Fin Lex Global provides comprehensive legal advice on your anticipated fundraising activities, assisting with the determination of valuation and other key commercial terms for your investment transaction. We guide you through various fundraising options and instruments, helping you select the most suitable path for your business.
We specialise in structuring financing rounds, drafting necessary corporate resolutions, investment instruments, and investor agreements.
For token-based projects, we offer services for structuring private sales (presales), developing SAFTs, token warrants, or other token sale instruments.
In the case of equity offerings, we assist in structuring and drafting SAFEs, share subscription agreements, convertible notes, or any other investment instruments tailored to your needs.
We also facilitate mixed rounds of financing, combining both equity and token offerings, ensuring all aspects are legally sound and compliant.
Our services include designing procedures for Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), and Know Your Transaction (KYT) checks, performing Politically Exposed Person (PEP) and sanction screenings, and compiling restricted jurisdictions lists. We advise on the implementation of KYC software and assist with conducting the KYC checks, providing support to potential investors.
Throughout the financing process, we represent your interests, negotiating and executing transactional documents.
We provide expert guidance on the applicability of securities laws, Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) regulations, available exemptions, and related compliance and regulatory matters.
Issuing a Token
Fin Lex Global offers expert legal counsel on the assessment and design of your token, providing advice on tokenomics, token parameters, utility, and the method of offering.
We conduct thorough reviews of your whitepaper, project website, documentation, and other public materials related to the token and its offering. We assist with preparing legal disclaimers, risk disclosure statements, and legal notices for these public materials.
Our team provides legal guidance and recommendations on the marketing and public relations (PR) campaign associated with your token.
We advise on and structure token allocations, drafting all necessary legal agreements and documents to ensure your project’s compliance and sound legal standing.
We also provide insights on regulatory and compliance matters relevant to the token issuance, helping you navigate complex legal landscapes.
Our services include structuring the token issuance (creation) in line with legal requirements.
Fin Lex Global offers legal structuring and support for public token offerings, whether via airdrop, Initial Exchange Offering (IEO), Initial DEX Offering (IDO), launchpad offering, Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools (LBP), or other forms. We ensure compliance with legal requirements for public sales and assist in drafting the necessary token offering documents.
Additionally, we offer legal advice on token distributions, ensuring they are structured in a legally sound manner.
Releasing a Product (DeFi Protocol, Platform, dApp, etc.)
Fin Lex Global provides expert legal review and assessment of products developed or provided by your project, creating a comprehensive legal strategy tailored to the specific requirements of each product.
We carry out thorough regulatory assessments and analyses, addressing any legal, compliance, and security issues that may arise in connection with the release or operation of your product.
Our team offers legal structuring for the product, ensuring all necessary user documentation is developed. This may include the Terms of Service, Privacy Notice, Risk Disclosure Statement, Legal Notice, and other relevant legal agreements, as applicable.
We provide clear guidance on the implementation of user documentation within the product, assisting in the collection of user consents, the placement of disclaimers, and ensuring compliance with all relevant legal standards.
We advise on and draft lists of restricted jurisdictions where operating the product may present significant risks to the project, recommending the appropriate methods and tools to restrict access where necessary.
Additionally, we review the language used within your product interfaces and public project documentation, offering suggestions for necessary amendments to ensure clarity, compliance, and legal protection.
Managing Intellectual Property and Assets
Fin Lex Global provides expert assistance in collecting, structuring, and managing your project’s intellectual property (IP), ensuring it is protected and aligned with your strategic goals.
We offer legal advice on the structuring and management of your company’s most valuable assets, ensuring you optimise their value and mitigate any potential risks.
Our team assesses and structures the project’s cash flow, providing insights on how to maintain a healthy and compliant financial framework.
We assist with the registration of trademarks related to your project, ensuring full protection of your brand and identity.
We provide guidance on managing your project’s infrastructure, ensuring compliance with all necessary legal frameworks and best practices.
As part of our services, we review your project’s GitHub repository to identify any third-party elements used in the product. We assess their licensing terms and ensure compliance with open-source licenses. If needed, we restructure the repository to avoid potential issues related to third-party rights.
We also advise on the licensing of your product’s source code, including semi-open licensing options such as BSL 1.1, which can help protect against potential forks and safeguard your intellectual property.
Managing Employees, Advisors, and Service Providers
Fin Lex Global provides expert guidance in structuring relationships with your project’s directors, officers, employees, contractors, and advisors, ensuring alignment with both legal requirements and business objectives.
We assist in the preparation of employment contracts, offering advice on determining the appropriate terms of employment for your team, tailored to suit your specific needs.
Our team also drafts contractor agreements and provides advice on establishing the relevant commercial terms for your external service providers.
We specialise in structuring token and equity incentive plans, developing agreements related to token/equity allocations, and drafting option agreements to align with your strategic goals.
We help in the creation and implementation of employee and contractor onboarding procedures, ensuring compliance and smooth integration into your organisation.
Our services extend to managing payments and payroll, ensuring that your financial processes are efficient and compliant with the relevant regulations.
Regulatory Strategy and Compliance
At Fin Lex Global, we specialise in developing comprehensive regulatory and compliance strategies for your projects and products, including DeFi protocols, platforms, dApps, liquidity aggregators, and more.
We identify the most effective and suitable compliance approaches for product structuring, offering advice on mitigating key regulatory risks, and providing recommendations on the organisational and technical measures necessary for compliance.
Our expertise extends to Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) regulations, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF), securities and financial regulations compliance.
We offer guidance on data protection, privacy, and GDPR compliance, ensuring your operations meet the highest standards for safeguarding personal data.
Additionally, we assist with government relations, helping to navigate the complexities of public sector interactions and ensuring your compliance with national and international regulatory frameworks.
Transitioning to DAO
At Fin Lex Global, we offer tailored legal guidance on the process of transitioning to a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO), providing strategic advice on structuring and navigating this shift.
Our team provides counsel on utilising the DAO structure as a mechanism to alleviate certain legal and regulatory risks. We assist with launching DeFi products through DAOs, ensuring the legal framework around a 'DAO launch' is robust and secure.
We offer expert guidance on meeting decentralisation standards, designing effective governance protocols, and establishing clear decision-making processes within the DAO. This includes supporting the creation of sub-DAOs and their associated committees to streamline operations and compliance.
Additionally, we help establish the necessary legal foundations for your DAO, including advising on the creation of legal entities through platforms like DAOBox to ensure alignment with current regulatory requirements and safeguard your organisation's interests.
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Barrister Rizwan Rasheed Siddiqui
Managing Partner
He is highly accomplished legal professional from England, with extensive expertise in corporate law, fintech, and regulatory compliance. Coming from a distinguished
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Barrister Muhammad Umair Khan
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Corporate Governance, Compliance, Risk Management, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Strategic Planning
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Barrister Muhammad Hassaan Adil Khan
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Mergers and Acquisitions, Due Diligence, Corporate Restructuring, Valuation Analysis, Shareholder Agreements
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Barrister Osama Memon
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Corporate Governance, Compliance, Risk Management, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Strategic Planning
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Barrister Muhammad Atif Attiquuee
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Blockchain, Regulatory compliance, Policy drafting, Decentralized Applications (dApps), Tokenization of Assets
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Advocate Jalal Khan Yousafzai
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ICO Compliance, Regulatory Frameworks, Fundraising Strategies, Financial Technology (FinTech) Law, Consumer Protection
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