Chambers Review
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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
Harneys has familiarity with the space and the ability to move quickly and work with founders in getting structures established.
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.
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
David Mathews moved to the Cayman Islands from the British Virgin Islands in April 2025. He has acted for many BVI-based token issuers, platform businesses and FinTech investors.
David Mathews is very proactive, responsive and sensible in his advice.
David is probably one of the best FinTech lawyers we have ever worked with both in the BVI and internationally. His knowledge is unrivalled. David's drafting skills are also superb.
His feedback is second to none. He is responsive, holistic and very commercial in his application and understanding of the VASP Act.
