FinTech Legal
FinTech Guide 2025 : Cayman Islands
Band 3
About
Provided by Stuarts Humphries
Firm Overview
Stuarts is an award-winning offshore legal practice offering fully integrated corporate and commercial legal advice. The firm specialisies in Fintech and Investment Funds offering timely, exceptional legal advice and representation to its clients. Stuarts acts for leading financial institutions, prominent investment managers, fortune 500 companies and several of the world’s leading high-net individuals, successfully navigating highly complex fintech areas such as blockchain, cryptocurrency, Web3, trading platforms, insuretech, regulatory, funds, DeFi platforms, DAO's, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and other token issuing entities.
Our experienced FinTech attorneys offer expert legal advice in the following areas:
- Investment funds, administrators and other service providers on the use of Blockchain technology and smart contracts;
- Establishment of ‘crypto related funds’ in the Cayman Islands;
- Token Offerings and establishing Cayman Islands Companies and Foundations to conduct Token Offerings and other digital products;
- Incorporating Cayman Islands companies to hold Cryptocurrencies;
- Advising on the anti-money laundering regulations and 'Know Your Client' challenges associated with accepting cryptocurrencies as a means of payment of subscription monies; and
- Advising on how changes to participants and service providers can be reflected once a Blockchain or smart contract is launched.
Chambers Review
Stuarts Humphries advises FinTech clients on corporate and regulatory compliance matters, investment funds work and cryptocurrency issues, such as token offerings.
Work Highlights
- Stuarts Humphries advised GTED on the VASP Act implications for CayCoin, a token coin offering for real estate in the Cayman Islands. The project aims to develop the Islands' first indoor arena and entertainment venue.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They're very, very responsive, and very sharp as well. Within one phone call, they understood exactly what I was trying to do and came up with a proposed solution that actually worked."
"Stuarts turned memos on complex issues around very quickly. The responses were well reasoned and they provided a treasure trove of base documents we were able to use as a quality jumping-off point."
"They're very, very responsive, and very sharp as well. Within one phone call, they understood exactly what I was trying to do and came up with a proposed solution that actually worked."
"Stuarts turned memos on complex issues around very quickly. The responses were well reasoned and they provided a treasure trove of base documents we were able to use as a quality jumping-off point."
Notable Practitioners
Chris Humphries is managing partner and head of Stuarts Humphries' FinTech practice. He has expertise in corporate and commercial, investment funds, and regulatory compliance matters, with a focus on the FinTech industry.
"Chris understands how to navigate the regulatory bodies very well. He came up with a very creative solution and is very good at communicating with other counsels, external auditors and regulators."
Jonathan McLean is a partner at Stuarts Humphries and the firm's head of banking and regulatory. He provides FinTech clients with advice on tokenised assets, CIMA regulations, and VASP licence applications.
"Jonathan provided well-reasoned insight into complex VASP questions."
"John McLean is good at framing what the client needs to do and how to do it. He's built up a lot of practical knowledge about crypto and has helped construct the regulatory environment for it."
Ranked Individuals at
Stuarts Humphries
Cayman Islands
Members
Provided by Stuarts Humphries
Industries
Provided by Stuarts Humphries
AML
Blockchain
Cayman Special Economic Zone Companies
Company Formation and Incorporation
Crypto
DeFi
Exchanges
FinTech
Foundation Companies
InsureTech
Investment Funds
NFTs
SEZC's
Technology
Token Offerings
Web 3.0