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Fintech, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, and Web3

Our specialists spanning multiple offshore jurisdictions offer clients exceptional market insights and cover the fintech ecosystem advising on decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), decentralized finance (DeFi) and the Web3 landscape generally. We have established ourselves as the market leader in the Offshore zones for creating and implementing a variety of innovative and regulatory compliant structures and have experts across our jurisdictions, which are fully engaged with their local regulators to help steer the future regulatory landscape.

Investment Funds

Our holistic approach supporting our clients at every stage of the offshore fund cycle — from the structuring and formation process, through the investment phase, up to the realization of profits and, if applicable, exit or fund termination covering Asian, US and European time zones.

Our expertise also extends to covering fund and subscription financing, shareholder or third-party disputes, and any insolvency or restructuring scenarios that may occur. We are also active in the creation and operation of managed accounts, joint ventures and club fund structures, as well as co-investment and investment holding structures.

Private Equity

Our private equity specialists can advise across the entire lifecycle of the asset class, from fund formation, through investment, to exits and beyond.

We provide a full service offering to private equity sponsors, their advisers and intermediary law firms, advising on fund formation, capital raising, subsequent closings, financings, downstream transactions, exits and wind down etc.

Whether we are advising the large private equity firms or start-up sponsors launching their first fund structure, we pride ourselves on delivering technical expertise and commercial solutions.

Private Wealth and Family Office

Edlescher has a wealth of experience in working with different types of family office, local and international families and providers of family office services. We provide assistance in relation to the governance of family offices, in particular the role of family members, external consultants and investment advisors in the family office structure, succession planning and the frameworks to support communication between the family office, family members and their key advisors.

We can also assist with the legal and regulatory issues involved in establishing new family offices and for existing family offices including financial services regulation, necessary licensing and staffing permissions, anti-money laundering reporting and obligations, and data protection, together with the relocation of family members, family offices and staff across the jurisdictions and related business set-up, property, immigration and employment matters.

Restructuring and Corporate Recovery

Our lawyers play a leading role in some high-profile insolvency-related cases which are cross-border in scope and require efficient coordinated advice.

Real estate, Infrastructure and Energy

Our specialist teams work for clients across a range of services. We provide advice and services that span the entire lifecycle of the real estate sector — from development and planning, to projects and construction, financing, securitisation, real estate investment fund formation, M&A and joint ventures.

We regularly advise on real estate holding structures and have experience working with sovereign wealth funds, real estate firms, fund managers, private clients, third party financers, property finance (including real estate acquisition and development finance), acting for both lenders and borrowers, and we advise on the full spectrum of real estate funds, offering ongoing commercially focused regulatory.

Our works include the large complex commercial and residential property transactions, creation and management of ownership structures, managing the real estate aspects of corporate transactions, identifying and recording real estate holdings, arranging and structuring appropriate finance, and coordinating the review and execution of property specific contracts.

We work for landlords, tenants, developers and financiers as well as institutional investors of international repute.

Sustainable Investing & impact funds ESG

Our specialist teams of lawyers work with clients from across industries to implement and deliver on sustainable investing and ESG related mandates, and to seize the opportunities emerging in the sustainability landscape.

Our expertise spans across finance and corporate teams. Our work includes launching sustainable investment (SI) and impact funds, advising on green, social and sustainable bonds/loans as well as other sustainability linked financings and related structures. We can advise on the incorporation of ESG and/or impact objectives into private wealth and other structures and help clients mitigate risk in the context of ESG and sustainability.