Digital Assets & Blockchain

VBSO Advogados is recognized for its technical expertise and regulatory guidance in matters related to crypto assets, tokenization, and blockchain. With a dedicated and highly specialized team, we are pioneers in the legal structuring of tokens in the country and lead regulatory discussions on crypto assets, such as their classification as securities and the regulation of crypto providers in Brazil.

We offer legal consultancy to cryptocurrency exchanges, tokenization companies, financial institutions, and other regulated entities and market infrastructures.

We develop solutions involving technologies with the potential to impact various sectors of the economy.

Main Services:

• Regulatory advisory for technology companies in tokenization operations, including the structuring, issuance, custody, private placement, and public offering of representative, linked, or asset-backed tokens in real-world assets (RWA)
• Business modeling and structuring of digital asset offerings, including the initial offering of virtual assets or virtual currencies aimed at raising funds in the crypto asset market
• Advisory on defining business models for operating in the sector
• Crypto asset transactions conducted between crypto asset wallets via the blockchain network, on-ramp and off-ramp operations, and stablecoin issuance
• Advisory on venture capital transactions for investment in newly-entered companies in the market, including startups and others
• Representation of clients in administrative sanctioning proceedings and in negotiating settlement terms with the CVM
• Issuance of legal opinions on the legal and regulatory validity of tokenization operations on blockchain, with a central focus on the client’s needs concerning the classification of the operation as securities according to new regulatory understandings
• Legal review of pre-existing tokenization agreements and analysis of necessary adjustments according to the client’s demands and current regulations