Counting banks, private equity and venture capital investors, asset managers and funds, broker-dealers, trading platforms and exchanges among its key roster of clients, DLA Piper advises on DLT applications, such as tokenisation of real-world assets and NFT offerings, AI, payments and crowdfunding platforms, with additional experience in handling regulatory compliance and licensing matters. Based in Hong Kong, Kristi Swartz leads the team and stands out for expertise advising on SFC licensing applications of disruptive fintech companies.
Testimonials
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‘The firm is extremely professional, has transparency in billing and is able to provide strong project management in order to support the client needs.’
‘Kristi Swartz as partner supported by Jen Lee are an incredible team aligned to the client needs and able to anticipate support required based on macro trends.’
Key clients
- NewBX Limited
- Boston Consulting Group International
Work highlights
- Worked with Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) as its exclusive global legal adviser on the creation of the Emirate’s virtual asset specific regulatory framework.
- Representing Hashkey Capital Limited on a bundled application for (i) waiver of the licensing condition that restricts HashKey from servicing retail investors; (ii) a responsible officer licensing application and (iii) sought the SFC’s consent for HashKey to manage the VA Spot ETFs as sub-manager to Bosera.