JERSEY Law and Practice Contributed by: Christopher Griffin, Sophie Hancock, Tshogofatso Dhlamini, Rachael Barber, David Patterson and Mike Kushner, Carey Olsen
Carey Olsen is a leading offshore law firm ad - vising financial institutions, corporations and private clients on Bermuda, British Virgin Is - lands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law from a network of nine international offices. Carey Olsen works alongside all of the major onshore law firms, accountancy firms and in - solvency practitioners on corporate transac - tions and matters involving its jurisdictions. The firm is at the forefront of offshore regulatory and commercial advice and has the expertise to deal with regulatory and compliance require - ments effectively and efficiently and to provide
innovative solutions in relation to the technology used to support or enable banking and financial services. Carey Olsen has excellent relation - ships with the regulators in its jurisdictions. The team advises on the regulation of token sales and other virtual asset-related transactions, the regulation of fintech businesses, company in - corporations (including advising on the benefits of offshore jurisdictions), shareholder agree - ments, mining and pool agreements, joint ven - ture agreements, money exchange regulation, fintech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency-related taxation and disputes.
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Christopher Griffin spearheads Carey Olsen’s fintech and digital asset practice in Jersey and is a key partner in the firm’s market leading funds practice. Chris’ notable fintech/digital asset
Sophie Hancock is a member of Carey Olsen’s Jersey funds team who advises fintech and digital asset businesses on the applicability of the Jersey legal and regulatory register
matters in 2024 include advising Global X, CoinShares and Valour Inc on the cross-listing of their Bitcoin and Ethereum securities on the LSE and advising DeFinity Markets on the launch of its full-stack institutional digital asset electronic communication network for fiat and digital assets trading. He also advised Deep Blue on the issuance of its USD-denominated stablecoin, collaterised by low-risk assets and supported by an extensive ecosystem of key partners, and advised digital assets trading firm Elwood on its investment business licence.
applicable to their products. Sophie’s notable fintech matters in 2024 include advising Global X, Valour Inc and Coin Shares on the cross- listing of their Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange- traded products on the LSE and advising Deep Blue on the issuance of its USD-denominated stablecoin, collaterised by low-risk assets and supported by an extensive ecosystem of key partners.
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