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Walkers advises international businesses on partnerships with, and investments in, FinTech enterprises, as well as assisting financial institutions and asset managers with their own FinTech projects. The team handles corporate matters and regulatory mandates. In the Cayman Islands, Walkers' lawyers have particularly notable expertise in cryptocurrency matters, including work for DeFi protocol operators, DAOs and NFT projects.
Work Highlights
- Walkers acted for cryptocurrency project Arbitrum Foundation on the formation of a Cayman Islands foundation company to represent ARB tokenholders.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Walkers is built up in such a way that they're able to handle complex regulatory matters. The team has a great deal of experience and a great background with the regulator and government."
"The advice Walkers provides is always problem-solving, not theoretical or time-wasting with legal theory and analysis. They're very effective and provide what we need in short efficient timeframes."
"Walkers is built up in such a way that they're able to handle complex regulatory matters. The team has a great deal of experience and a great background with the regulator and government."
"The advice Walkers provides is always problem-solving, not theoretical or time-wasting with legal theory and analysis. They're very effective and provide what we need in short efficient timeframes."
Notable Practitioners
Melissa Lim is a partner in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and a member of its global investment funds group. She has considerable experience in a range of investment fund structures, including venture capital and cryptocurrency funds.
"Melissa Lim is one of the leading virtual asset lawyers in the Cayman Islands."
Lucy Frew is a partner in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and heads the firm's global risk and advisory group. She has considerable expertise in financial regulatory and risk advisory matters, with a focus on FinTech and virtual assets.
"Lucy is one of the most sophisticated regulatory lawyers in the Cayman Islands and it shows in the work she does."
"Lucy is consistently practical and responsive and is very well plugged into the complex nature of the digital assets space. She shepherded us towards a lot of regulatory clarity that we were seeking."