Hassans

Corporate and Commercial; Financial Services

Anthony is a Partner, Deputy Head of Financial Services and leads the Hassans’ Fintech team.

Anthony has been advising on crypto currency and blockchain related work since 2014 and was very involved in promoting the regulation of crypto currency related business in Gibraltar. Anthony has advised and assisted the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission in preparing the guidance notes for the DLT Regulations and is often invited to form part of working groups that are consulted from time to time on certain legal and regulatory amendments that the Government of Gibraltar and the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission are considering in relation to Gibraltar’s DLT regulations.

He has advised a number of high-profile crypto currency businesses, DLT providers and FinTech firms over the years that are looking to set up operations in Gibraltar and Europe more broadly. Anthony has also advised clients undertaking token sales from Gibraltar and regularly advises investors in this sector and early stage start-ups who are looking for guidance on the structuring of their products and/or business proposition.

Anthony has been invited to speak at several international Blockchain and FinTech events and is considered a leading lawyer in this sector. Additionally, over the last couple of years, Anthony has been voted to form part of the inaugural executive committee of the Gibraltar Association for New Technologies by its members, a position that he still enjoys today.

English and Spanish

Anthony is a graduate from Nottingham Trent University and was called to the Bar in England and Wales and the Gibraltar Bar in 2005.