Practice Areas

Digital Assets

Horizons Law pioneered many of the existing legal strategies for digital asset issuers, investors, and service providers. Our attorneys are not just familiar with the crypto playbook⎯we wrote it.

Commodities & Derivatives

We offer bleeding-edge expertise on perps, options, and onchain derivatives. We even beat a CFTC enforcement action.

DAO Governance & Operations Strategy

We’ve seen it all. Ask us how we can help make your project more decentralized and optimized to ship.

Decentralization Consulting

We believe in decentralization as a core principle of crypto’s ethos. Our network can help you eliminate dependencies on centralized intermediaries.

Fundraising & Securities Offerings

Get expert legal structuring advice tailor-made for digital asset projects. Popular jurisdictions include the United States, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Panama, Switzerland, Singapore, and more.

Market Maker Agreements

We will protect your token by structuring a deal that works for you. Our attorneys know what it takes to successfully launch a token. We are well-versed in the details of market making agreements and understand how to align incentives to create healthy, liquid markets.

Multinational Corporate Structuring

Our team has worked with the biggest names in the digital-asset industry since 2016.

OTC Deals

Buy or sell tokens and equities over-the-counter.

Private Fund Formation & Compliance

Top-tier legal guidance in fund formation suitable for digital asset or traditional strategies.

Token & Equity Incentive Plans

Team compensation plans optimized for long-term success.

Token Launch & Tokenomics

Design and launch your token in a risk-optimized manner with us.

U.S. Regulatory Compliance

U.S. regulation is complicated. We have leading expertise in U.S. digital asset regulation, including securities laws & SEC rules, commodities laws & CFTC regulations, FinCEN money transmitter regulations, gambling & gaming, and more.

General

Our expert attorneys bring best-in-class general corporate, transactional, and litigation experience to you at startup-friendly rates.

Employee / Contractor / Advisory Agreements

Pay your team while protecting your IP and the company.

External General Counsel

Actionable advice for anything a startup needs, from enterprise-level software agreements to HR matters.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Our bench is deep and includes big law trained attorneys, former general counsels in the blockchain space, IP specialists, Supreme Court litigators, and tax LLMs.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bespoke corporate combinations involving equity, tokens, or both.

Privacy & Data Protection

Data breach response communications, CPRA, and GDPR compliance.

User Agreements, Terms of Use & Privacy Policies

Tailor-made for digital asset protocols, frontends, wallets, centralized exchanges, custodians, and more.

Lifecycle of a Horizons Client

Preview a high-level roadmap of how we can help you take a new project from whitepaper to TGE. Every client is different, but the basic strategies often rhyme.

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4 | +-----------------------+ | +-----------------------+ | +-----------------------+ | +-----------------------+ 
5 +--|01------------------+ | +--|02------------------+ | +--|03------------------+ | +--|04------------------+ | 
6 \ | \ | \ |PERSONNEL \ | \ |PERSONNEL \ | \ | \ | 
7 \|INCORPORATION \| \|AGREEMENTS \| \|INCENTIVE PLANS \| \|FUNDRAISING \| 
8 +-----------------------+ +-----------------------+ +-----------------------+ +-----------------------+ 
9  
10 +--------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------+ +-----------------------+ 
11 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ 
12 | \ | \ | \ | \ | \ | \ 
13 | +--------------------------------------+ | +-------------------------------------+ | +-----------------------+ 
14 +--|05---------------------------------+ | +--|06--------------------------------+ | | | | | 
15 \ |MULTINATIONAL \ | \ |TOKEN LAUNCH \ | | | | | 
16 \|CORPORATE STRUCTURING \| \|AND TOKENOMICS \| | | | | 
17 +--------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------+ | | | | 
18 | | | | 
19 +-------------------------------------+ | | | | 
20 +------------------------+ |\ |\ | | | | 
21 |\ |\ | \ | \ | | | | 
22 | \ | \ | +-------------------------------------+ | | | | 
23 +--+------------------------+ +--|08--------------------------------+ | +--|07------------------+ | 
24 \ |09 \ | \ |DECENTRALIZATION \ | \ |US REGULATORY \ | 
25 \|LITIGATION & DISPUTES \| \|CONSULTING \| \|COMPLIANCE \| 
26 +------------------------+ +-------------------------------------+ +-----------------------+
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28 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
29 |\ |\ 
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31 +--+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
32 \ |10 \ | 
33 \|MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS \| 
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        | +------------------+ | +-----------------+ | +-----------------+ +-----------------+
PHASE 0 | |01   | | | |02       | | | |03 | | |\    |\
--------+ |DEVELOPMENT----+ |-+ |--------------+ |-+ |--------------+ |-| \    | \--
         \ |ENTITY          \ | \ |PERSONNEL    \ | \ |STOCK/TOKEN \ | | +-----------------+
          \|INCORPORATION \| \|AGREEMENTS \| \|INCENTIVE PLANS \| | |04 | |
          +------------------+ +-----------------+ +-----------------+ | |TOKEN DESIGN, | |
                   | |PROTOCOL | |
                   | |ARCHITECTURE, & |
        +------------------+ +----------------------------------------+ | |DECENTRALIZATION |
        |\    |\ |\       |\ | |CONSULTING | |
        | \    | \ | \       | \ | | | |
        | +------------------+ | +----------------------------------------+ | | | |
PHASE 1 | |06    | | | |05       | | | | | |
--------| |U.S.    | |-+--|-------------------------------------+ |-| | | |-
        | |REGULATORY    | | \ |FUNDRAISING (SAFES, WARRANTS,     \ | | | | |
        | |COMPLIANCE   | | \|CROWDFUNDING & MORE)       \| | | | |
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PHASE 2 | |    | | | |07       | | | | | |
--------| |    | |-+--|-------------------------------------+ |-+--|--------------+ |-
        | |    | | \ |MULTINATIONAL       \ | \ | \ |
        | |    | | \|CORPORATE STRUCTURING       \| \| \|
        | |    | | +----------------------------------------+ +-----------------+
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PHASE 3 | |    | | | |08       | | | |09    | |
--------| |    | |-+--|-------------------------------------+ |-+ |LITIGATION &--+ |-
        | |    | | \ |MARKET MAKER DEALS & \ | \ |DISPUTE        \ |
        | |    | | \|EXCHANGE LISTINGS     \| \|RESOLUTION      \|
        | |    | | +----------------------------------------+ +-----------------+
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PHASE 4 | |    | | | |10          | |
--------| |    | |-+--|-------------------------------------+ |------------------------
        | |    | | \ |          \ |
        | |    | | \|MAINNET LAUNCH & TGE       \|
        | |    | | +----------------------------------------+
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        | |    | |
        | |    | | +-----------------+ +-----------------+
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        | |    | | | +-----------------+ | +-----------------+
PHASE 5 | |    | | | |11 | | | |12 | |
--------+--|---------------+ |-+ |COMBINATIONS,-+ |-+ |STRATEGIC-----+ |------------------------
         \ |    \ | \ |MERGERS, & \ | \ |PARTNERSHIPS & \ |
          \|    \| \|ACQUISITIONS \| \|INTEGRATIONS \|
          +------------------+ +-----------------+ +-----------------+

+--------------------+ +---------------------+ +---------------------+
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PHASE 0 | |01   | | | |02 | | | |03 | | |\ |\
----------+ |DEVELOPMENT------+ |---+ |------------------+ |---+ |------------------+ |---| \ | \----
\ |ENTITY            \ | \ |PERSONNEL \ | \ |STOCK/TOKEN \ | | +---------------------+
\|INCORPORATION    \| \|AGREEMENTS \| \|INCENTIVE PLANS \| | |04 | |
+--------------------+ +---------------------+ +---------------------+ | |TOKEN DESIGN, | |
   | |PROTOCOL | |
   | |ARCHITECTURE, & | |
+--------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------+ | |DECENTRALIZATION | |
|\   |\ |\ |\ | |CONSULTING | |
| \ | \ | \ | \ | | | |
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PHASE 1 | |06   | | | |05 | | | | | |
----------| |U.S.   | |---+--|-----------------------------------------------+ |---| | | |---
| |REGULATORY   | | \ |FUNDRAISING (SAFES, WARRANTS, \ | | | | |
| |COMPLIANCE   | | \|CROWDFUNDING & MORE) \| | | | |
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PHASE 2 | |   | | | |07 | | | | | |
----------| |   | |---+--|-----------------------------------------------+ |---+--|------------------+ |---
| |   | | \ |MULTINATIONAL \ | \ | \ |
| |   | | \|CORPORATE STRUCTURING \| \| \|
| |   | | +--------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------+
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PHASE 3 | |   | | | |08 | | | |09 | |
----------| |   | |---+--|-----------------------------------------------+ |---+ |------------------+ |---
| |   | | \ |MARKET MAKER DEALS & \ | \ |LITIGATION & \ |
| |   | | \|EXCHANGE LISTINGS \| \|DISPUTE RESOLUTION \|
| |   | | +--------------------------------------------------+ +---------------------+
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PHASE 4 | |   | | | |10 | |
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| |   | | \|MAINNET LAUNCH & TGE \|
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PHASE 5 | |   | | | |11 | | | |12 | |
----------+--|-----------------+ |---+ |COMBINATIONS,-----+ |---+ |STRATEGIC---------+ |--------------------------------
\ |    \ | \ |MERGERS, & \ | \ |PARTNERSHIPS & \ |
\|    \| \|ACQUISITIONS \| \|INTEGRATIONS \|
+--------------------+ +---------------------+ +---------------------+

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