Carey Olsen has been named Digital Assets Practice of the Year at the 2025 STEP Private Client Awards, taking top spot in one of the most contested categories of the evening.
Carey Olsen has advised on many innovative digital asset projects, including the launch of the first Bitcoin investment fund, the first Ethereum denominated fund and the world’s first digital asset exchange traded fund, as well as ground-breaking trading platforms, digital asset issuances, digital asset denominated insurance products, decentralised finance (DeFi) protocols and decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs).
Led by partners Steven Rees Davies, Chris Duncan, Chris Griffin, Elizabeth Killeen, Richard Munden and Matthew Brehaut, the firm’s digital assets specialists are also increasingly advising on the tokenisation of traditional financial assets on a blockchain infrastructure and have successfully advised on the launch and development of offshore structures which employ permissioned tokens, or “smart contracts”.
Chris Duncan (pictured), partner, said: “Securing the Digital Assets Practice of the Year award highlights our leadership in this innovative field. We are proud to advise on some of the most complex matters at the intersection of law and technology, and this recognition is a testament to our forward-thinking approach and the trust our clients place in us.”
