Guernsey: Corporate and Company Law

The Token Issuance Trust offers a trust-based alternative to traditional corporate structures for Web3 protocols and DAOs, combining founder control with independent fiduciary oversight. This innovative framework enables protocols to hold assets, manage contracts, and support on-chain operations while preserving decentralisation principles. How can established trust law principles be adapted to meet the operational and governance requirements of decentralised token ecosystems?

Five years have now passed since Switzerland introduced mandatory licensing for trustees under the Financial Institutions Act (FinIA). The reform marked one of the most significant regulatory evolutions in the country’s trust and fiduciary landscape, moving the sector from a largely self-regulated environment to a fully supervised regime overseen by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

Guernsey's streamlined private investment fund (PIF) regime provides a highly flexible and cost-efficient fund solution catering for all asset classes across a wide range of managers...