Loeb Smith Attorneys

Loeb Smith Attorneys is one of the leading offshore corporate law firms considered one of the most active and knowledgeable firms for advising on offshore investment funds formation and launch of all asset classes including public securities, private equity, venture capital, real estate, and virtual assets. Other areas of strength and growth are advising on M&A, Finance, Corporate Restructurings, Capital Markets, Regulatory Compliance, Investments, Logistics, Shipping and Aviation.

Considered a leading law firm in the Fintech and Blockchain Technology space, Loeb Smith also advises on token issuances, application for VASP licences for Web 3.0 businesses, Metaverse infrastructure and other virtual asset service providers, and utilising Cayman and BVI structures to develop virtual asset platforms for DAOs. Loeb Smith’s clients are investment managers, financial institutions, onshore counsels, and HNWIs who the firm advises on day-to-day legal issues and complex, strategic matters.

Some of our firm's recent accolades are: rankings in IFLR1000, Legal500; winning Law Firm of the Year: Client Services at the Hedgeweek® Global Digital Assets Awards 2026; winning Best Law Firm - Client Service at Hedgeweek US Awards 2025; winning Best Law Firm - Fund Domicile at Hedgeweek US Emerging Manager Awards 2023 and 2024; winning Best Law Firm - Fund Domicile at Private Equity Wire US Emerging Manager Awards 2023 and 2024; winning Best Law Firm - Fund Domicile at Private Equity Wire US Awards 2023 and 2025; recognised amongst Top 30 Asia's Fastest Growing Law Firms in 2023 and 2024 by Asian Legal Business; ranked in The A-List: Top Offshore Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal in 2022 and 2024 and in Offshore Client Choice in 2026; ranked in ALB Hong Kong Firms to Watch 2024 and 2025 lists; winning The Best Offshore Law Firm - Client Service at With Intelligence HFM Asia Services Awards 2024; winning The Best Offshore Law Firm - Client Service at With Intelligence HFM Asia Services Awards 2024.

Client feedback
“consistently excellent”

“fast in understanding the clients' needs”

“experts in Cayman fund formation and operation”

“very responsive”

Recent transactional highlights

• Acted as Cayman legal counsel to an Asia based Investment Manager on its restructuring of (i) a standalone mutual fund to a master-feeder fund structure with the addition of a US feeder fund in order to access further capital and facilitate investment by US taxable accredited investors.

• Advised U.S. Manager on BVI tokenized master-feeder private investment fund investing in a variety of sectors, including financial services, healthcare, energy, supply chain, consumer retail.

• Acting as Cayman counsel on a statutory merger for U.S. Trading Advisory Services business.

• Advised U.S. Manager on the set up of a Cayman feeder fund investing into an established U.S. fund, including structuring advice on an intermediate and proprietary trading vehicle to implement the master fund’s objectives of investing in blockchain-based assets, protocol tokens, virtual currency (e.g. Bitcoin, Ethereum) liquidity pools tokens, staked assets, synthetic digital assets and other crypto-assets and derivatives and futures. Completed in June 2025.

• Advised on the issue of a cryptographic meme coin utility token by a BVI co., designed exclusively for use within the dm.fun ecosystem on the Solana blockchain.

• Acted as Cayman legal counsel to xTAO Inc. (“xTAO”) on its reverse merger and successful listing of its common share on Canada’s TSX Venture (TSXV) Exchange. xTAO’s common shares launched on TSXV at the market open on 23 July 2025, under the ticker symbol “XTAO.U”.

• Loeb Smith Attorneys acted as the BVI Legal Counsel to Pitanium Limited on NASDAQ listing

• Loeb Smith Attorneys advised Alpha Technology Group Limited and Lion Group Holding Ltd in their Share Capital Restructuring

• Loeb Smith Attorneys acted as Cayman and BVI legal counsel to Hong Kong Listed Company CTF Services Limited in its Acquisition of a Substantial Shareholding in uSmart Inlet Group Ltd

• Loeb Smith Attorneys acted as the Legal Advisor to the Special Committee in First High-School Education Group’s Successful Closing of its Going Private Transaction

• Loeb Smith Attorneys acted legal advisor to Grit Global Capital Group Limited on new share subscriptions and shareholders arrangements

• Loeb Smith Attorneys advised China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited, Yue Xiu Securities Holdings Limited and Park Capital Group on various financing, funds and corporate matters

Key transactional practices

• Investment Funds

• Capital Markets

• Restructuring and Corporate Recovery

• Mergers and Acquisitions

• Dispute Resolution

• Corporate

• Banking and Finance

• Private Equity

• Corporate and Liquidation

• Blockchain / Fintech

• Intellectual Property

• Consulting

• Entity Formation

• Governance, Regulatory and Compliance

Sector expertise

• • Financial Services
  • Fintech, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, and Web3
  • Investment Funds
  • Private Equity
  • Private Wealth and Family Office
  • Restructuring and Corporate Recovery
  • Real estate/Energy
  • Sustainable Investing

Press releases

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