Blockchain, DLT and Cryptocurrencies

Digital cash and associated distributed ledger technologies open up the financial services industry to seminal transformation. Ashurst's global Digital Economy team advises at the frontier of this revolution, providing cutting-edge advice to some of the world's leading financial businesses across the financial technology sector.

The Digital Economy team has advised on a wide range of matters relating to digital cash, cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technology, including in relation to:

• distributed ledger-based clearing and settlement systems;
• blockchain-based registries;
• cryptocurrency exchanges; and
• cryptocurrency payment cards.

Ashurst Advance legal technologist team

The Ashurst digital economy team is supported directly by the Ashurst Advance legal technologist team. The legal technologist team is comprised of a unique blend of lawyers, analysts and computer scientists with expertise in legal technology and automation including blockchain and distributed ledger technology, smart contracts, machine learning, contract automation and contract management systems. The legal technologist team operates as a bridge between legal teams and developers, and assists Ashurst's clients in evaluating, configuring and installing legal technology.

Ashurst's financial regulation practice

The digital economy team includes partners and lawyers from our financial regulation practice, who offer a full advisory service to a wide variety of clients in the regulated sectors including banks, investment banks, insurers, trading platforms, clearing houses, market participants, market infrastructure operators, asset and fund managers, private equity firms, hedge funds, and corporate and retail finance clients.