Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies

Rutan began advising clients on various blockchain technology issues in early 2017.  The most innovative developers, miners, exchanges and other blockchain and cryptocurrency experts in and out of California choose to work with Rutan to benefit from its lawyers’ ability to create solutions and become a creative partner in formulating blockchain-related strategies. Rutan actively advises clients on a broad range of issues that arise in the blockchain space.  It helps clients explore solutions with distributed ledger technologies beyond just blockchain technology.

The Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies team stays on top of the ever-changing legal and technological developments involved in decentralized ledger technology.  Rutan advises on a number of subjects, including business formation and operations, initial coin offering (ICOs) and token generation events (TGEs), traditional capital raising, commercial contract arrangements, smart contracts, and privacy and data security.

The Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies team's experience touches on a significant number of industry: ad tech, augmented and virtual reality, energy, healthcare, hedge funds, staffing, trading, tokenizing assets, and video games.