Bird & Bird
Bird & Bird is an international law firm that advises organizations on legal questions affecting their business. Bird & Bird advises on technology-related transactions and financial-services regulation. Clients use legal advice to understand their obligations and structure contracts before launching a service or entering a business arrangement.
The firm advises businesses working with digital assets, which are representations of value or rights recorded digitally. This work includes assessing the rules under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and how they apply to a proposed service. The purpose is to clarify legal responsibilities and documentation, with the advice depending on the client's particular activity.
Bird & Bird in fintech and crypto law
Legal 500 names Michael Jünemann as head of the German fintech practice at Bird & Bird and lists 21Shares and Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) among its clients. Legal 500 also names the firm's role as lead contractor of the EU Blockchain Sandbox, the European Commission's regulatory sandbox for blockchain projects. The tokens and tokenization practice at Bird & Bird belongs to a cross-practice group for digital rights and assets.
On MiCAR the firm publishes Road to MiCAR, a guide with contributions from its offices in several countries, including Germany, and updates it as the rules change. The MiCAR tracker from Bird & Bird follows how each member state implements the regulation.
The rules Bird & Bird works on
Since 30 June 2024, issuers of stablecoins in the EU have had to meet MiCAR's rules for e-money tokens and asset-referenced tokens, and since 30 December 2024, crypto-asset service providers have needed a license. In Germany BaFin grants that license, and a bank that holds crypto for clients also works under the Banking Act (KWG). The pages on MiCA in Germany and the CASP license explain the procedure.
Tokenized bonds and fund units follow the Electronic Securities Act (eWpG), and trading venues for tokenized securities use the EU DLT Pilot Regime. Payment services follow PSD2, and PSD3 and the Payment Services Regulation are on the way. The overview of European law firms for digital assets from Finance Loop compares Bird & Bird with the firms that advise in these fields.
The Frankfurt Fintech Roadshow
Bird & Bird opened its International Fintech Roadshow series in Frankfurt on 18 November 2025, at its office on Marienstraße (Bird & Bird). The afternoon covered a MiCAR update, PSD3, stablecoins and ESG rules in crypto regulation, with guests from AllUnity and the Crypto Carbon Rating Institute next to lawyers from the international finance team at Bird & Bird. Later dates of the series take place at other Bird & Bird offices.
Bird & Bird and Finance Loop
Bird & Bird is one of the event and network partners of Finance Loop, and Finance Loop thanked Bird & Bird in its review of its first year. At the German Blockchain & AI Week 2025 in Berlin, which Finance Loop supported, Bird & Bird was on the session on legal frameworks and compliance, together with Lexr Law and Globance.
Is Bird & Bird a fintech law firm?
Bird & Bird advises on many areas of law, and its fintech practice in Germany is in Band 1 at Chambers. The fintech clients Legal 500 names include crypto firms such as 21Shares and Bitcoin Suisse (Europe).
Where is Bird & Bird in Frankfurt?
Bird & Bird LLP has its Frankfurt office at Marienstraße 15 in Frankfurt am Main, where it also held its Frankfurt Fintech Roadshow.
Which law firms advise on crypto in Germany?
No single ranking covers the field. Legal 500 puts Annerton alone in its first tier for fintech in Germany, and Chambers has Annerton, Bird & Bird, Latham & Watkins and Linklaters in Band 1. For single deals the press releases show who advised: Heuking advised DZ BANK on the MiCAR authorization of meinKrypto, and YPOG advised 21X on its DLT license. The overview of law firms has the full comparison.
What is Road to MiCAR from Bird & Bird?
Road to MiCAR is the guide from Bird & Bird to the EU crypto regulation. Road to MiCAR explains which tokens fall under MiCAR, what issuers and service providers must do, and where open questions remain. The firm keeps it up to date and adds a tracker of national implementation.
Bird & Bird and Finance Loop
Bird & Bird is an event and network partner of Finance Loop and spoke on the legal session of the German Blockchain & AI Week 2025, which Finance Loop supported. Crypto regulation and licensing belong to The Risk & Compliance track at Finance Loop.
Finance Loop is a professional network supporting the institutional use of emerging technologies in finance, such as AI, digital payments, cloud and blockchain solutions. Finance Loop helps its members build skills and personal networks in these fields: Investment & Digital Assets, Payments & Digital Money, Digital Infrastructure & Sovereignty, and Risk & Compliance.