US counsel for crypto companies and Asian firms — digital assets, securities, and cross-border
The firm advises on token classification, digital asset offerings, product counseling, stablecoin compliance, prediction markets, and SEC and CFTC enforcement defense — with particular depth in cross-border matters for US and Asian companies.
The firm was founded by a former SEC Special Counsel who helped draft SEC digital asset rules and the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, and who spent nearly a decade in capital markets practice at Sullivan & Cromwell in Tokyo and Allen & Overy (now A&O Shearman) in Singapore.
Large firm expertise, delivered with the attention, responsiveness, and rates that only a boutique can offer.
英語・日本語で対応いたします
Who we Serve
We are U.S. corporate, securities, and crypto regulatory counsel — with particular depth in fund formation and cross-border work for Japanese, Singaporean, and Israeli companies.
Stablecoin Issuers
Token Issuers & Protocol Developers
US Crypto Companies & Funds
Crypto Exchanges, Prediction Markets & Trading Platforms
DeFi protocols & Developers
Asian Crypto Projects with US Nexus · 英語・日本語
Find your Situation
Each card describes a client situation. If yours is here, you're in the right place. For enforcement defense, see below. For a full description of our services, click here.
Token Classification, Fundraising, and Launch
You're raising capital for a crypto project or preparing to launch a token and need to structure it correctly from the start
Whether you're raising a pre-launch round through SAFTs or token purchase agreements, structuring a Reg D private placement, or planning a broader token launch, the classification question and the offering structure need to be worked through together. Getting either one wrong at the early stage creates problems that are expensive to fix later.
Token Reevaluation
You issued a token under the prior enforcement regime and want to know if your legal position has changed
New SEC leadership, updated staff guidance on investment contract analysis, and the emerging DAMCA framework have materially shifted the legal landscape. For projects that structured defensively in 2021–2023, an honest reassessment may reach a different conclusion than the one you received in 2021 or 2022.
Exchange and Trading Compliance
You run a crypto exchange, DEX, or trading platform and need to know whether you're operating legally
Whether your platform constitutes an unregistered national securities exchange, broker-dealer, or alternative trading system and whether ATS registration is the right compliance path depends on what your platform does, what assets it trades, and how much control you exercise over the process.
DeFi and Developer Liability
You're building or operating a DeFi protocol and are concerned about your personal legal exposure
Enforcement actions have made clear that deploying code doesn't insulate you from regulatory liability. Whether you're an issuer, unregistered dealer, or operator of an unregistered exchange depends on your specific role, token allocation, and governance influence, not simply the fact that the protocol runs on a blockchain.
AML, FinCen, Licensing
You're a crypto business that needs to get licensed, registered, and compliant
Operating without FinCEN MSB registration, state money transmitter licenses, or an adequate AML and OFAC compliance program is a federal crime for many businesses. Whether you need all of these, just some, or can rely on an exemption depends on what your platform actually does.
Stablecoin Compliance
You issue or distribute a stablecoin
The GENIUS Act is in effect. Whether you need to seek US licensed status, whether your stablecoin falls inside or outside the payment stablecoin definition, and what obligations apply to foreign issuers whose tokens circulate in the US are questions that need answers before your next distribution decision.
Offshore US Exposure
Your offshore project, exchange, or protocol has US regulatory exposure you haven't fully assessed
US persons holding your token, US-based team members, US investors in your cap table, and US user volume on your platform can each create SEC, CFTC, or DOJ jurisdiction regardless of where you're incorporated. MAS registration, FSA licensing, and offshore entity structures provide no protection from US securities law.
Tokenized Real Estate and Other Assets
You want to tokenize real estate, fund interests, or other hard assets
Tokenizing a property interest doesn't change its legal character. A fractionalized interest in real estate generating rental income is almost certainly a security regardless of what it's called. The compliance path exists. Most developers just haven't been shown it clearly.
Prediction Markets
You are building in the prediction market space.
We help founders navigate commodities, securities, token, and cross-border regulatory issues related to prediction markets, trading platforms, and market infrastructure.
Enforcement Defense
Facing SEC, CFTC, or DOJ scrutiny — or think you might be?
Whether you've received a subpoena, an informal inquiry, or you're watching enforcement actions against companies that look like yours, the time to involve counsel with direct SEC enforcement experience is before the situation escalates.
Lead Attorney Background
Former Special Counsel, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
Coverage
SEC · CFTC · DOJ · FinCEN · State Regulators
What this means
Direct knowledge of how investigations are built, prioritized, and resolved
Availability
Urgent matters handled same day
WHY THIS PRACTICE
The combination that matters
Most lawyers who advise on crypto regulation have never worked inside the SEC. Most lawyers who work on Asia-US cross-border transactions have not spent years in Tokyo and Singapore working in the language and understanding how deals actually get done. Venture Far Legal brings both.
The SEC background means clients get advice calibrated to how regulators actually think and make decisions — from someone who helped write the rules they are now navigating. The Asia capital markets background means that when a Japanese or Singaporean client is on the other side of the table, the dynamics are familiar and the language barrier doesn't exist.