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Blockchain & Digital Assets

Empowering your move into the future of blockchain technology.

Perkins Coie lawyers have been trailblazers in the field of blockchain and digital assets since the inception of the technology. We have been legal counsel to the first blockchain projects conceived and continue to advise a wide range of digital asset clients.

Our team is celebrated for its profound understanding of the legal environment pertaining to distributed ledger technologies and digital currencies. We’ve partnered with a wide spectrum of clients, from burgeoning startups to established corporate entities. Our lawyers possess extensive experience in various domains, including regulatory compliance and enforcement, product counseling, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, offshore corporate structures, privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity, know your customer, trust charters and money transmission licensing, digital payments, and litigation.

Our mission is to assist our clients in leveraging the benefits of blockchain technology while navigating compliance with multiple regulatory regimes. We frequently advise on issues concerning cryptocurrency and blockchain in the financial domain, such as the custody of digital assets, L1 and L2 blockchains, asset-backed tokens, tokenized real-world assets, securities tokens, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), decentralized finance (DeFi), staking, smart contracts, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrency, and stablecoins. 

How we help clients

  • Venture funding and acquisitions
  • Executive compensation and equity/token allocations
  • Corporate structure and offshore strategies
  • Product counseling and commercial strategies
  • Applications, registrations, and chartering of financial institutions
  • Regulatory compliance
  • AML/BSA compliance
  • Enforcement and litigation

We frequently represent

  • Wallets, exchanges, and custodians
  • Token issuers
  • Web3 protocols (Layer 1 and Layer 2)
  • DAOs
  • NFT platforms, marketplaces, and issuers
  • Blockchain industry organizations

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