Watsonlaw

Watsonlaw is a Dutch law firm with a fintech and crypto-asset practice. It supports MiCA applications and notifications, token classification, white papers and the regulatory structure of a project. The office is at Hugo de Grootlaan 33, 's-Hertogenbosch, in the Netherlands.

Services

The firm lists three lines of work:

• MiCA licensing and notifications;
• white paper and token classification;
• regulatory structuring.

For a crypto project this covers the main questions before launch in the European Union: whether a token falls under MiCA and into which category, what has to be published in the white paper, and whether the business needs an authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider or only a notification.

Markets

Watsonlaw names the Netherlands and the European Union as its markets. The profile does not give licence numbers, regulators or fees, so the choice of home state and the timeline should be discussed with the firm directly.

Who it suits

Watsonlaw is relevant to token issuers, exchanges, custodians and payment companies adding crypto services that need to place an EU offering under MiCA from the start. It can also serve teams that already operate and have to check whether the existing product and its documents match the new regime.