Crypto & Digital Asset Structuring
Hold and trade crypto through licensed crypto firms, foundations and DAO-LLC structures.
The days of crypto sitting in a legal grey area are ending. The EU's MiCA rules, the OECD-wide DAC8 reporting, and licensing regimes for crypto businesses in the UAE, Singapore and Switzerland are now the reality. We build crypto structures that stand up in that world — for token issuers, exchanges, custodians, DAO-LLC structures and family offices holding crypto.
We work on two levels. The company level covers issuing tokens, treasury, safekeeping and licences. The personal level covers inheritance, succession and tax residence for the founder or holder. We design both together, so the company's regulatory position and the individual's tax position stay consistent.
How the crypto is held is treated as a key decision. Offline (cold) storage, multi-signature, MPC and licensed custodians are matched to how you operate, what insurance is available and how the keys will pass on if something happens to you — before any wallet is opened.
What we do for you
- Advice on offline ('cold') storage
- Compliance built in for on-chain activity
- Ready for new EU crypto rules (DAC8, MiCA)
Who usually uses this
- Token issuers preparing to list under the EU's MiCA rules
- Exchanges and trading desks needing a crypto (VASP) licence
- DAOs putting themselves into a proper legal structure
- Family offices holding significant crypto
One team, step by step, from the first call to handing it over.
Your product, country, licences needed and reporting duties mapped out.
Issuer, treasury, safekeeping, DAO structure and the founder's own companies designed together.
Companies set up, safekeeping arranged, banking and routes between crypto and normal money secured.
MiCA, DAC8 and crypto-licence reporting and internal controls handed over.
What you receive.
Every engagement closes with a specialist-reviewed handover pack — retained on file for thirty years.
- A written regulatory and structure plan
- All the companies needed (issuer, treasury, DAO structure, founder's own)
- Safekeeping design and provider chosen
- Introductions to banks and to routes in and out of normal money
- A reporting framework for MiCA, DAC8 and crypto licences
The countries we most often use for this service.
Questions we hear on every intake call.
- Which country is best for a token issuer?
- It depends on the type of token, who you're selling to and where it will trade. For tokens covered by MiCA and sold in the EU, an EU issuer working with a licensed crypto service provider is often cleanest. For utility tokens sold worldwide, the BVI or Cayman may suit better.
- How do I structure a DAO?
- Wrapping a DAO in an LLC or foundation lets it sign contracts, limits members' liability and gives a clean way to deal with the outside world. We compare a Wyoming DAO-LLC, a Marshall Islands foundation and a Swiss association against how your DAO is governed.
- How is crypto held in a trust?
- In offline storage controlled by the trustee, with a written process for accessing the keys and passing them on. We work with trust countries that accept crypto as trust property.
Start with a twenty-minute call. Come away with a written plan and price.
Every engagement begins with our advisory team and is assigned to the relevant specialists. Fees are quoted in writing before any work begins. No hourly billing.
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Every engagement begins with a twenty-minute advisory call. The fee is in writing before any work begins. No hourly billing.