As digital innovation drives a shift in financial services and capital markets, there is increased regulatory and compliance pressure from regulators and supervisory authorities around the globe. This results in financial institutions and fintech innovators facing higher level of regulatory scrutiny and enforcement.

With expertise and peculiar interest in blockchain, cryptocurrency and payment services, our Fintech team of legal practitioners has closely studied the development of the fintech industry, providing the full range of legal services that financial institutions and fintech entrepreneurs require to navigate the developing regulatory environment.

We advise clients on fintech matters including, regulatory compliance, fundraising, data protection, business expansion, and M&A.

Our lawyers are skilled, dedicated, and committed to understanding their clients’ needs and have experience advising on merchant acquisition services, real-estate backed digital tokens, gold backed digital tokens, utility tokens, digital payment tokens and e-money issuance.

We have also advised growth stage start-ups that require expertise in relation to fundraising and business expansion from Singapore to other Asia Pacific jurisdictions.

Legal Advice, Regulatory Analysis and Legal Opinion

Our services include advice and guidance on:

• Company formation and structuring the token issuing entity and token offering;
• advising on the entire process of an ICO, IEO or STO;
• working with digital token exchanges for launching digital tokens by way of IEO or STO;
• drafting and reviewing of digital token purchase agreements;
• reviewing digital token Whitepapers;
• procuring applicable licences or exemptions from the regulatory authorities in Singapore for the conducting of payment services in Singapore;
• preparing and reviewing internal KYC/AML and data privacy policies for compliance with Singapore laws and regulations; and
• advice on fundraising and business expansion.