Blockchain Technologies
Our team takes an inquisitive approach to technological developments and benefits from a network of legal expertise. Our interdisciplinary, tech-savvy team advises companies on all legal and regulatory issues where financial services and information technology overlap. Our team support clients in the development, implementation and legal protection of new business models, as well as in the distribution and marketing of innovative services and products. Our clients include startups, established financial institutions, large technology companies and investors with a focus on blockchain, DLT and digitalisation.
Taking a holistic approach, we offer you comprehensive expertise in the fields of law of intellectual property, data protection, financial markets, competition, tax, telecommunications, contract, corporate and notary law.
We attach great importance to pragmatic and solution-oriented advice and help you to realistically assess and act on both opportunities and legal risks in this new, digital world.
Our team offers you access to experts in the field of blockchain & distributed ledger technology (DLT) and competent advice on the following interdisciplinary topics:
- Development and implementation of comprehensive structuring, strategies and measures to create, maintain and protect digital business models and platform solutions
- Regulatory reviews (qualification of tokens and business models, licensing and registration requirements in all financial market areas and obtaining no-action letters)
- Coordination with and representation before supervisory authorities (such as FINMA, SNB, SROs, AOs) and courts, conducting relevant preliminary clarifications and proceedings
- Examination of tax structuring options and coordination with the responsible tax authorities for direct and indirect taxes (obtaining tax rulings)
- Comprehensive support for coin/token issuing projects (ICOs/STOs/IEOs/TGEs/etc.) (Company founding, creation of prospectuses and basic information sheets)
- Infrastructure for the global, digitalised economy
- Digitalised capital market, digital (equity/debt) financing structures, tokenisation and documentation
- Fintech, insurtech, regtech and Legal Tech
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning & autonomous systems
- Cyber security
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Publications
Cryptos: où en est-on?: L’encadrement des cryptomonnaies dans le contexte actuel
Bilan, Opinions, 6 février 2023- FR
Cryptoassets & Blockchain 2023 – Switzerland
Lexology GTDT, Getting The Deal Through, Law Business Research, December 2022- EN
Crypto Sponsorship and Licensing
Presentation at the LESI YMC Conference in Milan, Italy, 30 September 2022- EN
Crypto & private banking: Comment investir dans la crypto aujourd’hui?
Bilan, Opinions, 7 séptembre 2022- FR
Firm News
Reto Luthiger | Speaker | Conference: Future of Web3 Infrastructure | 27.3.2023
Ülkü Cibik is one of the 30 most important people in the Swiss market for Structured Products
Kilian Schärli and Ronald Kogens speakers at the Blockchain Hub Davos 2023 on 17 January 2023
MLL Legal’s FinTech team recognised as ‘dream team’ in Crypto and Blockchain by Citywealth
Marcel R. Jung speaker at the 12th Annual London Finance and Capital Markets IBA Conference on 16-17 January 2023
News Portal
NFTs and Trademarks – What You Need to Know
«NFT» seem to be the word of the hour. Everyone wants NFTs, many are creating NFTs, some are buying and trading NFTs, few are getting rich off NFTs and even fewer know what an NFT really is. Currently, «The Merge»-NFT is the most expensive NFT ever traded – it was purchased for more than 91 million USD. However, NFTs are a much talked about topic not only because of their sometimes-astronomical purchase prices, but also because several legal disputes have already arisen in connection with NFTs – including over intellectual property rights. We tell you what you need to know, what you need to keep in mind and which questions are currently still unanswered with regard specially to trademark law.
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LexCast: Putting Trust Back Into the Digital World
The increase in cyber incidents, as well as record-high fines for tech companies for failing to comply with data protection rules, have significantly undermined the trust that previously existed between users and providers of digital tools. The increase in cyber incidents, as well as record-high fines for tech companies for failing to comply with data protection rules, have significantly undermined the trust that previously existed between users and providers of digital tools.
MoreLexCast: Moving From the Analogue to the Digital World
In this LexCast, we will be talking about Legal Tech and its impact on Swiss firms and in particular Swiss law firms. Legal Tech is currently rising all over the world and increasingly enters the traditional legal market. With its Focus Area «AI and Digitalisation» Froriep has already delved into the field of digitalisation and now takes a closer look at Legal Tech during this LexCast.
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The Importance of Governance in Building Ecosystems
Wirecard has proven once again that stellar growth and stunning revenues do not always mean that a company is well-founded. Although the board of directors has responsibilities towards the shareholders and the latter have certain information rights, organisational failure and mismanagement often remain unnoticed until it’s too late. Additional corporate governance laying down the fundamentals on management and organisation is therefore vital for long-term success, to ensure that the checks and balances among the stakeholders involved (shareholders, founders, and employees) are appropriate.
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At the Verge of Regulation: Trading Signals and Copy Trading (Trading Bots)
The hype around initial coin offerings and new DLT-protocol launches has calmed down. The technology has proven its ability to revolutionise the financial market industry, but also other industries, by serving as an infrastructure where physical and digital assets or financial instruments can be tokenised in rivalrous cryptographic tokens and exchanged in a secure, cost-efficient and reliable manner. The next stage for DLT-technology to enter into full productivity is to have built the surrounding infrastructure, tools and service providers. Trading signals and copy trading are among such additional tools.
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