Tokenisation & Real-World Assets: The Institutional Use Case
Description
This webinar demystifies tokenisation by separating genuine institutional use cases from industry hype. Participants will explore how funds, private equity, real estate, commodities, and other assets are being tokenised, and what this means for settlement, governance, and custody models. The session also compares regulatory and operational treatment across major jurisdictions, offering practical insights for boards, fund administrators, and investment professionals seeking to understand the growing RWA landscape.
This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and offers insights and updates from a leading industry-expert speaker.
Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.
Content
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Tokenisation vs “crypto” – removing the hype
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RWAs: funds, private equity, real estate, bonds, art, commodities
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Settlement, governance, and custody requirements
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Cross-jurisdictional treatment (EU, UAE, Asia)
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What boards and fund administrators need to understand
Presenter
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James Burnie FRSA Partner at gunnercooke |
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James is a ranked Band 1 in Chambers FinTech Legal: Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies, and is a partner at gunnercooke llp. He has been involved in crypto since advising on the first successful UK-based ICO and the first equity issuance settled on-chain, and has acted for well over 300 Web3 companies. Recent work has included helping draft around 2% of the world’s regulation of cryptoassets, including advising the Mauritius FSC, the Kazakhstan Astana Financial Services Authority as well as a range of other regulators. He has developed the most cost effective routes to selling cryptoassets onshore, helping to create the first ever EU fronting model. He has given evidence to the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain and Cryptoassets, is involved in FCA sprints in relation to cryptoassets, is an advisor to the Law Commission's DAO panel, and a named contributor to the UKJT legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts. He is a mentor at Outlier Ventures, and co-author of various books, including the RegTech book, the PayTech book and Crypto and Digital Assets Law and Regulation. |