About Winson Lau

Winson Lau is an associate at DLA Piper Hong Kong, specialising in fintech and digital assets. He advises financial services providers on the full spectrum of legal and regulatory matters, particularly on their provision of services involving the use of emerging technologies, such as payments, wealthtech and the tokenisation of real-world assets. His practice often involves analysing regulatory licensing and compliance requirements. He also advises centralised and decentralised participants in the web3 ecosystem, including crypto-asset exchanges, custodians and issuers, as well as advising DeFi and GameFi platforms, on product design, securities law analysis, token issuance structures and distribution mechanisms, and the establishment of legal wrappers for DAOs. Winson also regularly advises financial institutions and multinational corporations on regulatory issues in their design and implementation of strategic web3 initiatives.