Secure your DAO/DeFi project with a legal wrapper

In most jurisdictions, an unincorporated DAO exposes its contributors to unlimited personal liability. A Swiss legal wrapper — typically an association, foundation or AG — limits that liability, gives the project legal standing to open bank accounts and enter contracts, and provides a clear governance structure that regulators can engage with.

It depends on your governance model, token structure and commercial activity. A Swiss association works well for open-source, community-governed protocols. A foundation suits projects that need to steward a treasury independently. An AG or GmbH makes sense when commercial activity or fundraising is central. We assess your specific setup and recommend the right structure.

FINMA classifies tokens as payment tokens, utility tokens or asset tokens (securities). Only asset tokens and some hybrid tokens trigger full securities-law obligations. We run a FINMA token assessment on your project and give you a written legal opinion you can share with exchanges, banks and investors.

MiCA applies across the EU from 2024 and covers crypto-asset service providers and issuers of asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens. Fully decentralized protocols without an issuer are largely outside its scope today — but the line is not always clear. We map your project against MiCA and advise on the compliance steps needed to operate in EU markets.

Yes. We have structured DeFi acquisitions and token-swap mergers — including the Enzyme/MYSO Finance merger. We advise on deal structure, governance approvals, token mechanics, contributor agreements and the legal documentation needed to close the transaction.

A standard Swiss association wrapper can be set up in a matter of weeks once we have your project details. More complex structures — foundations, tokenized share companies — take longer and depend on notarization and registry timelines. We scope the timeline precisely on your free introductory call.