Who we are
A boutique firm built for operators at the frontier of finance. The clients are substantial and the matters are cross-jurisdictional. The team is deliberately small, so the counsel stays senior and the attention stays undivided.
Counsel for cutting-edge operators
Building the bridge between technology and the law
A world-class legal and regulatory advisory firm focused on fintech, digital assets, and cross-border financial services.
Legal counsel, regulatory strategy, compliance, blockchain investigations, litigation support, and asset recovery, held within a single advisory platform.
What we do
We translate between two languages that rarely meet, the language of protocols and the language of regulators. From token structuring to enforcement defence, the remit spans the full life of a digital asset business.
Practice hubs
Advisory
Regulatory clarity for products that arrive before the rulebook does.
- Digital asset regulatory advisory
- Stablecoin and token structuring
- Cross-border strategy
Compliance
Programmes that hold up under supervision and scale with the business.
- Strategic compliance
- VASP and CASP compliance
- Financial crime, AML and sanctions
Investigations & Recovery
Following the chain from first transaction to recovered asset.
- Blockchain investigations
- Digital asset recovery
- Expert witness and litigation support
Litigation
Strategy and defence when matters reach the regulator or the court.
- Litigation and legal strategy
- Enforcement defence
Clients advised
- Crypto exchanges
- Stablecoin issuers
- DeFi protocols and infrastructure
- Banks and financial institutions
- Fintech and payments
- Government and regulatory agencies
Global reach
Americas
- United States
- Federal and state matters
EMEA
- European Union, MiCA and CASP
- United Kingdom, FCA
APAC
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
The firm
Led by Yuli, held to a single standard
Aethemis runs on reputation rather than reach. Work arrives through the people who have seen it done well before. That trust sets the bar for every matter that follows, whether the counterparty is a regulator in Washington, a supervisor in Brussels, or an exchange in Singapore.
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