Dr. des. Stephan Meyer
Legal Counsel, LL.M., Notary Public
Profile
Dr. des. Stephan Meyer joined MME in 2017. He advises FinTech clients and specializes in the legal and regulatory implementation of blockchain-projects. After six years working with an insurance company he has been a member of an interdisciplinary SNSF research project on the regulation of virtual currencies at ZHAW School of Management and Law. In addition, he wrote a PhD dissertation on rights relating to blockchain-based crypto tokens at University of Zurich (summa cum laude, Issekutz-Prize 2020). Currently, Stephan is co-founder as well as co-CEO & Board Director with FQX AG in Zurich and London. In addition, he is lecturer leading the Master’s module “Blockchain & Smart Contracts” at University of Lucerne, research fellow at the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies and lecturing on DLT & law at ZHAW School of Engineering as well as HWZ.
Business activities
- Blockchain | DLT | FinTech
- Digital Economy
- IT and Intellectual Property
- Data Protection, Big Data, IT-Compliance
Education
- as of 2020
- Executive MBA | Quantic School of Business and Technology
- 2020
- Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public of the Canton of Zug
- 2020
- Dr. iur. des. / PhD | Blockchain & Law | University of Zurich | Issekutz-Prize 2020
- 2016
- LL.M. | International Business Law | Queen Mary University of London
- 2015
- MLaw | Major in Business Law | University of Zurich | 1. NKF-Master-Prize 2015
- 2013
- Summer Program in Chinese Commercial Law | LSE & Peking University
- 2013
- BLaw | University of Zurich
Languages
- German
- English
- French
Practical Experience
- since 2021
- Legal Counsel | MME
- 2017-2021
- Legal Advisor & Associate | MME
- since 2021
- Lecturer in LegalTech and Digital Law | HWZ
- since 2020
- Lecturer & Module Lead, Blockchain & Smart Contracts | University of Lucerne
- since 2020
- Research Fellow (Associate) | UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies
- since 2019
- Co-Founder, Co-CEO & Board Director | FQX AG (Zurich) and FQX Ltd. (London)
- since 2018
- Lecturer in Blockchain & Law | ZHAW School of Engineering
- since 2008
- Military Legal Advisor, Major | Swiss Armed Forces
- 2016-2018
- PhD Candidate SNSF | ZHAW School of Management and Law
- 2011-2016
- Legal Associate & Recovery Specialist with an insurance company
- 2014
- Summer intern in a business law firm in Zurich
- 2014
- Volunteer at District Court of Zurich
- 2010-2011
- Claims Adjuster Property & Liability with an insurance company
Teaching Assignments
- CAS Legal Tech | HWZ
- BBA, Module Digital Law | HWZ
- MLaw, Module "Smart Contracts and Blockchain" | University of Lucerne
- CAS Big Data Analytics, Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers | ZHAW School of Engineering
- BSc in Business Law, Module "Data Protection and Governance" | Guest Lecturer Blockchain | ZHAW School of Management and Law
Memberships
- thinkBLOCKtank, Luxemburg | Founding Member
- Swiss Legaltech Association
Services
Contact
Secretariat
Prena Tuci
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Email
From the magazine
Covid-19 Pandemic as a Booster for the Virtual General Assembly
Once the restrictions surrounding Covid-19 are over, many companies and shareholders are unlikely to want to do without the benefits of new technologies that they have just gained and thus without the "virtual general assembly".
MME & daura: First Swiss DLT Register Securities
MME and daura have created the first Swiss DLT register securities on February 1, 2021, at 00:00:01. Since this historic moment, the shares of MME Compliance AG are tokenized and recorded accordingly on the daura infrastructure – the digital share platform for Switzerland.
All magazine reportsPublications
Stellungnahme zur Vernehmlassung zu den DLT-Gesetzesänderungen 2019
Die Steuerliche Behandlung von Bitcoin und anderen Kryptowährungen Zürcher Steuerpraxis 2017