Innovating with Legal Certainty
We advise technology-driven clients on the full spectrum of legal and regulatory issues arising from distributed ledger technology (DLT), tokenization, and digital asset ecosystems. Our counsel is rooted in a deep understanding of the evolving Swiss and global regulatory landscape and tailored to support innovation with legal certainty.
Our expertise
Pestalozzi’s Blockchain & Crypto Assets practice is cross-disciplinary by design. Our team combines specialists in financial market regulation, capital markets, corporate/M&A, tax, banking, and IP/IT to deliver seamless advice across the lifecycle of blockchain-based ventures.
We act for established institutions, venture-backed startups, protocol developers, asset managers, and token issuers navigating the intersection of technology, regulation, and business strategy. This includes guidance on:
- Structuring and implementing token generation events (TGE), initial coin offerings (ICOs), and security token offerings (STOs)
- Licensing and regulatory clearance (including sandbox and VASP regimes)
- Deployment of permissioned and permissionless DLT systems
- Integration of blockchain applications in financial services, digital identity, and DeFi
- Financial market regulation including FINMA licensing
- Regulatory positioning of stablecoins, NFTs, and other emerging token formats
- Tax planning and compliance
- IP protection strategies for smart contracts, algorithms, and platforms
Explore tailored insights on our Swiss Financial Market Regulation page.
Sector Coverage
We represent clients in highly regulated industries and frontier markets, including:
- Fintech and DeFi platforms
- Asset and wealth management
- Digital marketplaces and payment systems
- Healthtech and life sciences utilizing blockchain for supply chains and data integrity
- DAOs and Web3 infrastructure providers
Why Pestalozzi
Our Blockchain & Crypto Assets team is distinguished by its ability to translate regulatory complexity into business opportunity. We deliver more than legal advice - we provide the strategic legal infrastructure to scale transformative technologies in a compliant and sustainable way.
Main Contacts
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Oliver Widmer
Partner
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Andrea Huber
Partner
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