Legal | Tax | Compliance
Legal | Tax | Compliance
Michael Kunz
Making new technology legally workable: your partner for Web3, fintech and digital asset projects.
Michael advises founders, startups and established technology companies at the intersection of software, digital assets and finance. His practice focuses on cross-border structuring, regulatory matters and intellectual property strategies, including open-source and source-available licensing models, with a particular focus on Web3 infrastructure projects. He also regularly advises on Swiss association law and the use of association structures for technology ventures and decentralized ecosystems.
As a pragmatic advisor, Michael helps clients structure innovative business models in a legally robust and commercially workable way. Michael is admitted to practice law in Switzerland and Washington State and has been active in the digital asset industry since 2017.
| 2016 | Admitted to the Washington State Bar (USA) |
| 2016 | University of Washington (LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law and Policy) |
| 2013 | Admitted to the Swiss Bar |
| 2011 | University of Zurich (MLaw) |
| 2010 | University of Zurich (BLaw) |
German, English, French, Spanish
| since 2023 | Legal Partner at MME |
| 2018 - 2023 | Senior Legal Associate at MME |
| 2017 - 2018 | Legal Associate at MME |
| 2017 | Attorney at Intellectual Ventures, Bellevue (USA) |
| 2017 | Attorney at Seattle Symphony, Seattle (USA) |
| 2016 | Legal Intern at CoMotion Innovation Center, Seattle (USA) |
| 2013 - 2015 | Attorney at a Swiss Legal Protection Insurance Company |
| 2011 | Law Clerk at the District Court of Wil (SG) |
