Advisory for investors, fintechs, and institutions on compliance, licensing, and transactions under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act (2025)evolving digital asset ecosystem, from VASP licensing to product structuring, partnerships, and dispute resolution.
Cavendrys advises banks, fintechs, investors, and infrastructure providers on the legal, regulatory, and transactional aspects of crypto, digital assets, and blockchain technology. We help clients navigate Kenya’s Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, VASP Act, 2025, and related frameworks governing tokenisation, stablecoins, and virtual asset operations across East Africa.
We combine deep regulatory insight with practical, deal focused execution. Our work spans licensing, product design, compliance, and cross border structuring, guided by a clear view of how CBK, CMA, and ODPC oversight interacts in practice.
Guidance on perimeter mapping, group structuring, and regulator ready documentation for applicants and partner institutions.
Support for tokenised products, stablecoins, blockchain based payments, and custody solutions, including regulatory and tax opinions that enable confident launch decisions.
Drafting and negotiation of white label, custody, and infrastructure agreements with global crypto service providers, with integrated AML, data, and cybersecurity obligations and clear exit and audit rights.
Due diligence and contracting support for partnerships with international exchanges and blockchain platforms. We address jurisdictional conflicts, data sovereignty, AML equivalence, audit and service levels, and enforceability of obligations across borders.
Training and policy alignment for directors and senior management under the VASP Act accountability framework, with updated charters and decision records suitable for Board minutes and regulator scrutiny.
Implementation of privacy, cybersecurity, and incident response standards aligned with ODPC expectations and global norms, including breach reporting, retention, and employee accountability.
Design of arbitration and dispute management frameworks for digital asset contracts, representation in regulatory enforcement, and recovery of crypto linked assets through local or cross border proceedings, with attention to choice of law and enforceability.
Clients trust Cavendrys to bridge regulation and innovation and to move from concept to compliant execution. We bring market insight across Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Mauritius, and South Africa, and we coordinate with vetted local counsel and technical partners to align product, policy, and contracts.
