# Defi Lawyers

## Withers Worldwide

https://www.withersworldwide.com/en-gb/insight/cryptocurrency-podcast-episode-5
- Has a crypto podcast
- podcast hosts usa based

## Aurum
https://aurum.expert/en/team/
- all looks very young and russian/ukrainian. worked with acropolis

## Steptoe
- usa based.
- https://www.steptoe.com/en/lawyers/alan-cohn.html

## Addleshaw Goddard
https://www.addleshawgoddard.com/en/specialisms/dispute-resolution/crypto-and-digital-assets-lawyers/

- advising boe on central currency

## Osborne Clarke
https://www.osborneclarke.com/lawyers/george-skinner
- *"George also has a deep knowledge of cryptoasset regulation in the UK, and has advised a range of virtual currency exchanges, wallet providers, and gaming companies on the scope of the payment services, e-money, and financial services regulatory perimeter.""*

## Linklaters
https://www.linklaters.com/en/insights/publications/2020/september/decentralised-finance-navigating-the-rugged-regulatory-landscape
- one of the biggest legal companies in world

## cms
https://cms.law/en/deu/people/markus-kaulartz
- big law firm
- based in germany
- *'The focus of his work is on contract negotiations, the structure of token-based business models, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), token sales, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), crypto exchanges (including DEXes), the metaverse and legal audits of smart contract'*

# Simmons and Simmons
https://www.simmons-simmons.com/en/publications/cl7k9uphn5g9c0b610rr9zg4d/taxation-of-decentralised-finance-call-for-evidence-simmons-response
https://www.simmons-simmons.com/en/publications/cl08ecvqg1hog0a54b69bl92s/hmrc-re-evaluate-their-defi-protocols

- seems to have a good understanding of defi. articles are more focused on tax

# Other law firms articles on defi
https://technologyquotient.freshfields.com/post/102hbql/what-is-defi?_t_id=UXY3GljMNgi9ulqCsrEC6Q%3d%3d&_t_uuid=WJdTi8E4RfScncb9dukMyw&_t_q=defi&_t_tags=language%3aen%2csiteid%3aba2121b4-3779-4fa6-8e49-49e502a9987c%2candquerymatch&_t_hit.id=FreshFieldsWebsite_Models_RSSBlogsAuthor/0cc0043f-e8de-49f2-acc9-d2b26076034e&_t_hit.pos=1

## Ashley Ebersole
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-ebersole-75a64a4
previously at Berwin Leighton Paisne now chief legal officer at 0x labs

# Banking
- BCB Group
- [SEBA Bank](https://www.seba.swiss/)
- [Silvergate](https://www.silvergate.com/)
- [Credit Suisse](https://www.credit-suisse.com/ch/en.html) early stages, targetting only HNWI and institutions