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FinTech Legal - British Virgin Islands
What the Team is Known For
Harneys' blockchain and digital assets practice includes banking, corporate and investment funds lawyers. It regularly works with major asset issuers, exchanges and service providers, and the BVI investment funds team has considerable experience advising on establishing digital asset funds.
Strengths
Harneys thinks global and understands a global mentality. Their understanding of foreign law and foreign practices is just next-level.
Harneys approaches projects with an innovating and multi-jurisdictional view.
Harneys has a long history of working in the crypto industry, and it leverages that experience to provide efficient advice based on past learning.
The firm’s broad experience across jurisdictions provides clients with efficient global solutions.
Work Highlights
Harneys advised P2 Ventures, a blockchain-focused venture capital firm, on day-to-day commercial advice and BVI and Cayman regulatory advice.
Notable practitioners
Philip Graham is the global head of Harneys' investment funds and regulatory groups. He has considerable experience advising on different types of fund vehicles, including hedge funds and FinTech start-ups.
Phil is a lawyer's lawyer. He is technically sound and very thoughtful in his approach.
Philip is amazingly down-to-earth, so precise and listens to clients' needs.
Philip is very strong and strategic in his thinking.