Loeb Smith Attorneys
About
Loeb Smith is one of the leading offshore corporate law firms considered one of the most active and knowledgeable firms for advising on offshore investment funds formation and launch of all asset classes including public securities, private equity, venture capital, real estate and cryptocurrency. Other areas of strength are advising on M&A, Capital Markets, Finance, Corporate Restructurings, Regulatory Compliance and Investments.
Considered a leading Tech firm in the Fintech and Blockchain Technology space, Loeb Smith advises on token issuances, application for VASP licences for Web 3.0 businesses, Metaverse infrastructure and other virtual asset service providers, and utilising Cayman and BVI structures to develop virtual asset platorms for DAOs. Loeb Smith’s clients are investment managers, financial institutions, onshore counsels, and HNWIs who the firm advises on day-to-day legal issues and complex, strategic matters.
Our clients continue to retain and recommend our services as a result of our technical excellence, responsiveness, and creative solutions to their business issues.
Client feedback
“consistently excellent”
“fast in understanding the clients' needs”
“experts in Cayman fund formation and operation”
“very responsive”
Recent transactional highlights
- Advising Prologium on its US$326m funding round from New Epoch Capital, Primavera Capital Group and SoftBank China Venture Capital, as well as an investment from Mercedes-Benz.
- Advising Cayman Islands company, Acorn International on its merger privatization from the New York Stock Exchange using the Cayman merger law regime.
- Advising China domiciled insurance company on the restructuring and exit of its US$350m investment in two Cayman private equity investment funds.
- Advising over fifty (50) investment funds structured as Cayman Islands segregated portfolio companies investing in multiple asset classes including public securities, and digital assets.
- Advising on the formation, registration, launch (and where applicable, licensing) of a number of token issuances, crypto exchanges and other projects related to digital assets.
Key transactional practices
Sector expertise
Press releases
Loeb Smith wins at the Private Equity Wire US Emerging Manager Awards for the second year in a row in the Best Law Firm - Funds Domicile 2024 category. https://awards.privateequitywire.co.uk/us-emerging-manager-awards
Loeb Smith has been recognised amongst Top 30 Asia's Fastest Growing Law Firms in 2023 by Asian Legal Business. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7135936724395786240
Loeb Smith wins award for Best Law Firm: Fund Domicile at the Hedgeweek US Emerging Manager Awards 2023. https://www.loebsmith.com/legal/we-ve-won-again-/367/
Loeb Smith wins Private Equity Wire US Emerging Manager Award 2023: https://www.loebsmith.com/legal/loeb-smith-wins-us-emerging-manager-award/360/
Loeb Smith promotes Robert Farrell as Partner in Cayman Islands Corporate and Investment Funds Group: https://www.legal500.com/profiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/01/Press-release_-Robert-Farrell_Jan2023-1.pdf
Crypto Financial Services Firm, Blofin Raises US$50 Million from KuCoin, SIG and Matrix Partners: https://www.legal500.com/profiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/08/Crypto-Financial-Services-Firm-Blofin-Raises-US50-Million-from-KuCoin-SIG-and-Matrix-Partners.pdf
Recent publications:
Lexology: The Cayman Islands Chapter of the Panoramic Cryptoassets & Blockchain Guide https://www.lexology.com/panoramic/tool/workareas/report/cryptoassets-and-blockchain/chapter/cayman-islands
Technical Bulletin on Cayman Islands Funds https://www.loebsmith.com/legal/technical-brief-for-investment-funds-2023/378/
Lexology: Getting the Deal Through | Fund Management Chapter, Cayman Islands Jurisdiction authored by Loeb Smith Attorneys: https://www.legal500.com/profiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/08/2022-Fund-Management-Cayman-Islands1.pdf