Blockchain And Digital Assets

Overview

The growing use of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets has given rise to complicated legal issues regarding regulatory status, compliance, corporate law, and more.

AVELLUM’s extensive expertise in different fields allows to help developers, investors, and businesses to navigate the legal intricacies of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

Our experience

AVELLUM attorneys regularly address a range of concerns related to cryptocurrency and blockchain in the financial sector, including those surrounding custody/trust of digital assets, decentralized finance (DeFi), smart contracts, institutional cryptocurrency, stablecoins, money transmission licensure requirements, money-services business (MSB) registration requirements, and digital payments issues.

We also assist clients with cryptocurrency disputes and fraud investigations.

Key experience

Legal advisor to Admitad (Global internet-marketing platform)

An internal investigation into embezzlement of funds by the manager of online-platform. Once the offence was uncovered, we launched a criminal case with Cyberpolice

Legal advisor to the private crypto-developer and investor, who suffered from the IDO fraud

The launch of criminal case in Ukraine and civil recovery action in common law courts

Legal advisor to the shareholders of fintech company

Strategies to combat the theft of intellectual property rights to fintech application. The matter involved civil and criminal action in Ukraine and foreign jurisdiction

Legal advisor to 888 Holdings PLC (one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies)

Risk-based analysis of the client’s business model in terms of compliance with the newly-introduced regulatory framework and criminal liability risks in Ukraine

Legal advisor to US market research company

Min USD

Forensic examination of the devices belonging to the client’s former contractor. The latter might have kept the sensitive data owned by the client

Legal advisor to Uber Ukraine

Represented the client before Ukrainian law enforcement authorities due to allegations arising out of its business model

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Key contacts

ANDRIY FORTUNENKO

Partner

afortunenko@avellum.com

Team

Related practices

Litigation
White-collar crime

Practices

Compliance and Internal investigations

We provide compliance advice, build up compliance programs and policies, conduct internal investigations, ensure data protection, and compliance to anti-bribery rules.

Practice

White-collar crime

We protect the owners and management of Ukrainian and international companies from criminal persecution and represent victims of fraud in criminal proceedings.

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