Stephan D. Meyer

Dr Stephan D. Meyer is an internationally recognised expert in blockchain, digital assets and fintech infrastructure. For over a decade he has shaped the legal architecture of digital financial and technology systems.

He earned his doctorate summa cum laude for his thesis on the legal classification of tokens, awarded the Issekutz Prize and the Professor Walther Hug Prize. He practised as attorney and Counsel at MME, structuring complex digital-asset ecosystems, DAOs and capital-market infrastructures. As Co-Founder and Chief Legal Officer of Obligate he built the world's first DLT platform for electronic promissory notes and a regulated infrastructure for on-chain bonds, with issuance volumes exceeding USD 100 million; as Co-CEO he led the company through international VC rounds. As Co-Founder and Chairman of Nestermind he is building a fast-growing AI-based PropTech company.

Stephan studied in Zurich, London, Paris and Beijing, holds an LL.M. in International Business Law and an Executive MBA, and is pursuing his habilitation on 'Rule of Law by Design' for neural networks. He teaches blockchain, smart contracts, compliance and AI at ZHAW and HWZ. He sees law as a system for designing digital infrastructure — combining creativity, regulatory precision and an entrepreneur's perspective.

• Structured leading blockchain projects — Layer 1/2 ecosystems, token models, DAOs, centralized and decentralized trading systems.
• Tokenisation of gold, real estate, electricity, equities, bonds, derivatives and structured products.
• Co-developed the world's first DLT-based platform for electronic promissory notes and a global settlement infrastructure for blockchain-based bonds.
• Legal and regulatory structuring of blockchain-based securities issuances exceeding USD 100 million.
• Co-Founder of Obligate (scaled to a USD 30M valuation) and Co-Founder of Nestermind, an AI-driven PropTech startup.
• PhD thesis on tokens (summa cum laude; Issekutz and Professor Walther Hug Prize); habilitation on 'Rule of Law by Design in Neural Network Training'.
• Military Legal Advisor (Major) under Art. 82 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions.

1. Rechte an und aus Blockchain-basierten Crypto Tokens, Zürcher Studien zum Privatrecht, Bd. 313, Diss. Univ. Zürich, 2022.
2. Rivalisierende digitale Güter im Niemandsland des Privatrechts, Sic! 11/2023, 583 ff.
3. Dezentrale autonome Organisationen (DAOs) und das Gesellschaftsrecht der Zukunft, AJP 03/2023, 319 ff.
4. Furrer & Meyer, Fintech Regulation in Switzerland, in: Diritto del Fintech, Padova 2020, 569 ff.