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Etay Katz

Partner at Ashurst, and Head of Digital Assets and Financial Innovation

Etay Katz is a partner at Ashurst, and Head of Digital Assets and Financial Innovation. Etay regularly advises on the implementation of ground-breaking, strategic and large-scale transactions involving complex regulatory components. He has established himself as a leading authority in the area of digital assets transformation of global financial markets, advising on a number of landmark mandates. Email: etay.katz@ashurst.com

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Tokenisation of investment funds: some legal challenges

Much like the industrial and information revolutions before it, the Digital Assets revolution will fundamentally reshape the landscape of financial services. Everything we now know in financial services will be impacted. With the tokenised assets market projected to reach $18.9trn by 2033 (Ribble and Boston Consulting Group¹), this article explores some key legal issues arising from the tokenisation of investment funds.

27 JUN 2025

Digital assets use cases in financial securities: are they “native”?

In this article, Ashurst calls for legislative intervention to facilitate a scaled solution enabling the issuance of “native” Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)-underpinned financial securities under English law. They draw on the position in French law as an example of how conventional legal frameworks can evolve to accommodate the nuances of digital assets and DLT.

1 NOV 2022