Expertise x Creativity.
We combine legal expertise with innovative thinking to deliver tailored solutions for deep tech industries. By bridging technical knowledge with creative problem-solving — and without unnecessary overhead of large firms — we help startups navigate complexities and achieve their goals.
Stephan D. Meyer
Dr. iur., LL.M., EMBA, Attorney-at-Law
Founder
A passionate lawyer and tech entrepreneur focusing on finding the optimal interplay between technology, law and regulation.
Legal advice requires
more than just law.
Experience as Lawyer
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2019-today: Chief Legal Officer & board member of Obligate, a DLT-based platform for bonds and structured products, funded by Circle, SIX, and others.
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2008-today: Military Legal Advisor (Major) acc. to AP I of the Geneva Conventions, Swiss Armed Forces.
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2017-2025: Attorney-at-law (Associate & Counsel) with MME, a Swiss tier-1 fintech law firm, advising fintech, blockchain (tokenization, trading facilities, DAOs), and AI companies.
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2011-2016: Legal Associate & Recovery Specialist with an international insurance company.
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2010-2011: Claims Adjuster Property & Liability with an international insurance company.
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2014: Internship with Meyerlustenberger Lachenal.
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Experience as Entrepreneur
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2025-today: Founder of Lexcovery, the new deep tech law firm you're just looking at.
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2024-today: Co-Founder & Chairman of Nestermind, providing an agentic AI software for real estate agents and platforms.
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2019-today: Co-Founder of Obligate, a finlegaltech startup for on-chain bonds and structured products; from 2019 to 2021 CPO leading the product development of the first DLT-based electronic promissory notes platform globally, from 2021 to 2023 Co-CEO overseeing legal, product, tech, operations and finance, since 2023 Chief Legal Officer.
Raised as co-founder > USD 11m in seed funding from leading VCs such as Earlybird, SIX Fintech Ventures, Circle, Blockchange and others.
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Experience as Researcher
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2024-today: Postdoc (Habilitand) researching rule of law by design approaches in neural network trainings, University of Lucerne
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2021-today: Lecturer on Smart Contracts, CAS LegalTech, HWZ
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2020-today: Research Fellow (Associate), UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies
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2020-2023: Lecturer & Module Lead, Blockchain & Smart Contracts, University of Lucerne
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​2018-2022: Lecturer in Blockchain & Law, ZHAW School of Engineering
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2016-2018: PhD Researcher SNSF researching the private and securities law qualification of tokens, ZHAW School of Management and Law
See publications here.
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Education & Awards
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2023: Oxford Executive Leadership Programme, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
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2020: Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), Quantic School of Business and Technology
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2020: Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public in the Canton of Zug, admitted to Swiss bars
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2020: PhD in Blockchain & Law, University of Zurich, summa cum laude, Issekutz-Price 2020, Prof. Walther Hug-Preis 2023
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2016: Master of Laws (LL.M.) with distinction in International Business Law, Queen Mary University of London
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2015: Bachelor and Master of Law (MLaw), University of Zurich, 1st NKF Master Price 2015