Oliver Völkel

Practice Areas

• Crypto Assets

• Banking

• Finance

• Capital Markets

• Corporate

Career

• 2016: Founding Partner (Stadler Völkel)

• 2014: Attorney at Law (Cerha Hempel)

• 2012: Associate (Cerha Hempel)

• 2011: Associate (DLA Piper)

• 2008: Assistant Professor (University of Vienna, Institute for Criminal Law)

Publications

Legal Handbooks and Commentaries:

• Piska/Völkel, Blockchain Rules (2nd Edition, MANZ, 2023)

• Kalss/Krönke/Völkel, Crypto Assets (BECK, 2024)

Selection of Articles in Legal Journals:

• Crypto Goes Basel—The New BCBS Standard on Crypto-Asset Exposure (ÖBA 2023, 500)

• MiCA Versus MiFID—When is an Asset-Referenced Token Not a Financial Instrument? (ZFR 2023/122)

• Corporate Finance in the Digital Age—From Securitization to Tokenization (in Artmann/Rüffler/Torggler, GVÖ 10, 2023)

• Editorial: A Warm Welcome: ETH.STORE (ZFR 8/2022)

• The Blockchain: Legal Ramifications of Mistakes and Erroneous Transactions (ZFR 2021/235)

• Obligations of Virtual Currency Service Providers (ecolex 2021, 73)

• Trust in the Blockchain and Austrian Property Law (ZFR 2020/218)

• Editorial: Good Things Take Time—Will a Regulatory Sandbox Soon be Part of Austrian Law? (ZFR 7/2020)

• On the Ramifications of Decentralization of Blockchains in Austrian Civil Law (ZFR 7/2020)

• On the Term "Virtual Currency" (ZFR 7/2019, 346)

• Mining of Virtual Currencies as an Alternative Investmentfund? (ZFR 2018, 317)

• Crypto Currencies and Anti Money Laundering—Smart Regulation in Sight (ecolex 2018, 671)

• Blockchain and Crypto Law—Regulation De Lege Lata and De Lege Ferenda (ZTR 2017, 97)

• Initial Coin Offerings From a Capital Marktet Law Perspective (ZTR 2017, 103)

• Crypto Currencies Reloaded—On Our Way Out of the Bermuda Triangle (ecolex, 2017, 816)

• Civil Law Classification of Mining of Virtual Currencies (ecolex 2017, 639)

• Civil Law Classification of Virtual Currencies (ÖBA 2017, 385)

Languages Spoken

English, German

Industry Sector Expertise

Focus on VCSPs and VASPs; MiCAR adoption. Assisting corporations and banks in legal matters related to new technologies such as blockchain and crypto assets adoption, KYC/AML matters, capital markets matters (public offerings; private placements), banking matters, regulatory matters (CRD V, CRR II), financial instrument development and regulation (MiFID II, MIFIR), developing compliant customer journeys, general corporate and corporate criminal matters.

Education