HFK Law provides sophisticated legal counsel to cryptocurrency, blockchain, fintech, and digital asset participants navigating an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
HFK Law advises startups, established businesses, investors, broker-dealers, trading platforms, and financial technology companies on the legal, regulatory, and strategic issues that arise throughout the digital asset lifecycle.
Linda Lerner’s comprehensive experience has placed her at the forefront of cryptocurrency and blockchain regulation. Linda devotes a significant portion of her practice to digital assets, blockchain technology, electronic trading platforms for secondary trading of digital assets, broker-dealer regulation, anti-money laundering compliance, and financial market structure issues. She is widely recognized as an expert in this complicated niche.
She regularly works with SEC and FINRA staff on matters involving digital assets and other innovative financial products.
Linda is the founding Chair of the American Bar Association Task Force on Offering and Trading Tokenized Securities and is widely recognized for helping clients navigate the regulatory challenges associated with emerging technologies and evolving regulation of digital asset businesses.
Regulatory Strategy & Compliance
A plan for success
The cryptocurrency industry continues to face significant regulatory uncertainty.
Businesses must evaluate how securities and commodities laws and regulations, anti-money laundering and know your customer requirements, trading platform rules, and state licensing frameworks apply to their operations.
HFK Law helps clients assess regulatory obligations, communicate with regulators, develop compliance frameworks, and implement business strategies that align with evolving legal requirements.
Our experience working with SEC and FINRA staff provides clients with practical insight into the regulatory considerations that frequently arise in the digital asset sector.
Security Tokens & Other Tokenized Assets
Legal and compliance framework
As traditional assets become increasingly tokenized, businesses and investors face complex legal and compliance questions relating to issuance, trading, custody, and transfer of ownership.
Linda Lerner is widely recognized for her work involving the regulation of security tokens and for assisting brokerage firms seeking regulatory approval to offer and trade tokenized securities and establish trading platforms.
Her experience allows HFK Law to provide sophisticated guidance regarding tokenized securities, digital asset market infrastructure, and innovative capital formation strategies.
Digital Asset Trading Platforms
Understanding financial regulations
The development and operation of digital asset marketplaces require careful consideration of securities, commodities, and financial services regulations.
HFK Law helps businesses evaluate market structure considerations, regulatory requirements, operational risks, and platform governance issues while supporting product development and growth objectives.
Capital Formation & Digital Asset Businesses
Fundraising strategies
Emerging companies frequently face unique challenges when raising capital in the digital asset and blockchain technology sectors. Regulatory requirements, investor expectations, and market conditions can significantly impact fundraising strategies.
HFK Law assists founders, startups, and growth companies with entity formation, governance, private financings, strategic transactions, and capital formation initiatives. Our experience advising startups and innovative financial services companies allows us to provide practical guidance tailored to the needs of emerging businesses.
Cryptocurrency Practice
Linda Lerner
Partner
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