Isak Legal · Boutique law firm, Zurich
In focus
The licensing routes for crypto in Switzerland, the EU and the UK, with the primary sources in one place.
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Financial Regulation
Licensing strategy and regulatory perimeter across Switzerland, the EU and the UK, including UK–Swiss market access under the Berne Agreement.
Digital Assets
Crypto and fintech regulation from product design to licence: MiCA, the Swiss DLT framework and beyond.
AI, Data & Technology
EU AI Act readiness, data protection, operational resilience and technology contracts for companies building or deploying technology in Europe.
Asset and Wealth Management
Licensing, supervision and cross-border distribution for portfolio managers, trustees, fund managers and family offices in Switzerland, the EU and the UK.
Art Law
Transactions, financing and regulatory advice for collectors, galleries, art-market businesses, lenders and family offices, including Swiss storage and the cross-border movement of works.
Sanctions and AML
Financial-crime compliance for internationally active companies and founders: frameworks, screening, bank onboarding.
Market Entry
Structuring international expansion: jurisdiction selection, holding structures and market-entry strategy, including Ukraine.
Corporate
Corporate structures, founder arrangements and financing for technology and services companies, through to exit.
Markets
Switzerland
Entering the Swiss market: the FINMA and SRO perimeter, AG or GmbH formation and substance, bank onboarding, FinSA client-adviser registration and ongoing compliance.
United Kingdom
Access to the UK market under the Berne Financial Services Agreement or FSMA authorisation, the UK rules that follow the route and the client, and UK firms into Switzerland.
United States
US securities and regulatory law for European companies and their investors: Regulation D and S offerings, Delaware flips, OFAC exposure and the US perimeter for fintech and crypto firms.
Europe
Advising across the European Union: EU-wide regulatory projects, multi-jurisdiction licensing and market entry.
Ukraine
Advising Swiss, UK, US and European companies entering the Ukrainian market, and Ukrainian companies reaching Western partners and financing: investment, donor-funded projects, compliance and risk.
The hardest questions sit between systems: a product crossing a border, a technology meeting a regulator, a structure answering to supervisors in two jurisdictions at once. Isak Legal works there, and every matter is handled personally.
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Swiss based
Anchored in Switzerland. At home across borders.
Isak Legal is based in Zurich, combining a Swiss foundation of discretion, precision and reliability with a practice that runs across Switzerland, the EU, the United Kingdom, Ukraine and the United States. For companies, their owners and private investors, that means Swiss standards of service with international reach.
Switzerland as a baseHow we work
Senior attention on every matter. No layers.
Every matter is handled personally by senior counsel, without hand-offs. Clear answers, direct communication, and judgment formed in international practice.
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