Token Offerings & Venture Financing

WilmerHale provides comprehensive legal representation for blockchain and cryptocurrency companies executing financing transactions, token sales, and tokenized securities offerings. Since the inception of blockchain and cryptocurrency, the firm has delivered strategic, efficient advice to dynamic companies navigating innovative capital-raising methods.

Token Sales & ICO Legal Counsel

The firm represents clients in all aspects of token offerings, from structuring and securities analysis to regulatory compliance and execution. Representative experience includes advising on a $61 million token sale by next-generation blockchain network Dfinity, representing a startup client in a $19 million financing to launch the Fei decentralized stablecoin (with investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Framework Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and AngelList founder Naval Ravikant), and counseling on initial coin offerings (ICOs) including Ethereum-based token implementations.

Tokenized Securities

WilmerHale represents technology companies that 'tokenize' traditional securities to create liquidity in traditionally illiquid assets. This includes comprehensive guidance through broker-dealer registrations, securities law compliance, and regulatory approvals necessary to bring tokenized securities to market.

Emerging Company & Venture Capital

From the earliest days of blockchain, the firm's Emerging Company and Venture Capital Practice has provided critical guidance on innovative capital-raising methods and investment vehicles. The team works with blockchain-powered networks, cryptocurrency exchanges, trading platforms, lending platforms, payment solutions, and enterprise blockchain applications, helping entrepreneurs and companies tackle operational and regulatory questions unique to blockchain-based business models.

Why Choose WilmerHale

With deep roots in securities, futures, and derivatives regulation, WilmerHale combines technical legal insight with judgment informed by decades of experience in capital markets and emerging technologies. The firm serves both emerging companies on the leading edge of disruptive technology and established financial institutions exploring blockchain's potential, providing actionable advice on novel and challenging legal and regulatory issues.