Security Token Offerings (STOs) can generally be described as the blockchain version of IPOs and other securities offerings. Security tokens are financial instruments that are tokenised by the issuer. They can be backed by assets, or they can represent shares, debentures or derivatives, or other types of financial instruments. Recently, the STO market has seen an increase in interest as a result of shifting investor preferences.
The multi-disciplinary team at E&S Group has experience in advising clients in matters relating to carrying out STOs within the remit of EU securities regulations. Services include:
- Assisting with legal services required to run a STO whilst adhering to EU and Maltese law;
- Advising on the structuring of STOs to include private and public offerings;
- Analysing and reviewing the white paper with recommendations from a legal perspective;
- Assisting issuers in carrying out the Financial Instrument test as required by the MFSA;
- Tokenomics;
- Assisting in the token design;
- Drafting private security token placement documents and other necessary agreements;
- Drafting public security token offering documents and other necessary agreements;
- Assisting with the drafting of T&Cs
- Assisting with the drafting of a Privacy Policy
- Drafting of disclaimers for the website
- Assisting with Know-Your-Customer (KYC) guidelines and processes