FinTech Legal - Cayman Islands
What the Team is Known For
Harneys' blockchain and digital assets team brings together lawyers from its banking, corporate and investment funds practices. It regularly works with major asset issuers, exchanges and service providers, and the Cayman investment funds team has considerable experience advising on digital asset fund formation and distributed ledger technology regulatory matters.
Strengths
"We found the entire Harneys team to be very knowledgeable about the legal and regulatory framework of BVI and the Cayman Islands and extremely helpful in advising on unique projects and use-cases."
"Harneys has familiarity with the space and the ability to move quickly and work with founders in getting structures established."
Work Highlights
Harneys assisted Metatech Holdings, which trades as Nonco, in raising a USD10 million seed capital fund. Nonco is an over-the-counter digital assets brokerage.
Notable Practitioners
Matt Taber is head of Harneys' FinTech practice in the Cayman Islands. He has expertise in investment funds and regulatory matters, with a focus on crypto and other digital assets. "Matt Taber is a brilliant lawyer. He's a very, very talented guy. He's technically very, very good, so not much gets past him in terms of structuring, risk areas and regulatory interfaces." "Matt Taber is very knowledgeable and commercially aware."
