James Taylor

• One of the largest cryptoasset foundations in Switzerland with its software development agreements and compliance with open source software licenses
• Coordinating with local counsel worldwide to assist a private investment and asset management company with obtaining requisite permissions to act as a crypto exchange and wallet provider on a global basis
• An established cryptoasset wallet provider and exchange on the release of its first loyalty token
• A software company on the regulatory classification of a stablecoin issued to facilitate payments in the telecommunications industry
• Advising in respect of the application of strong customer authentication under PSD2 when one of the parties to a transaction is established outside of the European Union
• The venture capital firms backing one of the largest global blockchain payment systems that is backed by one of the world’s largest social media networks
• A provider of cryptoasset derivatives on its appointment of an authorised representative regulated by the FCA and its commercialization of a financial market data platform
• Various clients in relation to regulatory and intellectual property considerations for non-fungible tokens
• A fintech company on its set-up and running of a private blockchain utilised by a consortium of financial services companies to clear and settle payments*
• A European government in relation to regulating distributed ledger technology and drafting new laws to give blockchain technology “legal personality”*
• A Swiss cryptocurrency exchange in respect of whether proposed utility tokens were specified investments under UK financial regulation, the financial promotions regime and AML/KYC requirements*

• A company utilizing artificial intelligence in the audio detection sector on its complex licensing arrangements with several of the largest technology companies in the world
• Complex distribution agreements relating to hardware, software and data for a company operating in the internet of things and smart home sectors
• Negotiating the appointment of a global pharmaceutical company as reseller for a client’s innovative healthtech mobile application
• A petrol data exploitation company on its global partnership and reseller arrangements
• The commercial arrangements for a data business increasing efficiency in the construction industry
• Various partnership and reseller arrangements for data analytics providers in the financial markets and shipping sectors
• One of the world’s largest social media networks in relation to its development of virtual reality hardware and software
• One of Europe’s leading fixed income markets in relation to its data licensing arrangements and novation of customer agreements as a result of Brexit*
• An English multinational investment bank in relation to its data licensing requirements with over 50 stock exchanges globally*

• GTT in relation to the information technology and transitional service aspects of the sale of its Transatlantic & N American network infrastructure business to iSquared for $2.15 billion
• Nasstar on its acquisition of KCOM’s national ICT services business
• Skew on the sale of its institutional data visualization and analytics platform for crypto markets to Coinbase
• Digital Currency Group on its acquisition of Luno’s cryptocurrency investment business
• Various venture capital firms on their investments into technology companies operating in the financial services, fintech and data sectors

* Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.