Legal | Tax | Compliance
Legal | Tax | Compliance
Law meets technology: your expert for tokens, smart contracts and artificial neural networks.
Dr. Stephan D. Meyer joined MME in 2017. As an attorney-at-law he specialises in the legal and regulatory design of technology projects. He is a renowned expert for DLT, legal structuring of tokens and artificial neural networks. Besides his work with MME, he is co-founder and Chief Legal Officer with Obligate, a global platform and infrastructure provider for on-chain bonds. Also, he is researching the training of neural networks as a postdoc (Habilitand) at the University of Lucerne.
Stephan received his PhD summa cum laude from the University of Zurich on the topic of 'Rights to and from Blockchain-based Crypto Tokens' and was awarded the Issekutz Prize 2020 as well as the Prof. Walther Hug-Prize 2023. He led the module «Blockchain und Smart Contracts» at University of Lucerne for several years, is co-founder of a European blockchain think tank, Research Associate at UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies and gives various national and international talks and guest lectures.
He is passionate about finding the optimal, often creative, interplay between technology, law and regulation.
| 2023 | Oxford Executive Leadership Programme, University of Oxford, Saïd Business School |
| 2020 | Executive MBA, Quantic School of Business and Technology |
| 2020 | Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public of the Canton of Zug |
| 2020 | PhD, Blockchain & Law, University of Zurich, Issekutz-Prize 2020, Prof. Walther Hug-Prize 2023 |
| 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 |
German, English, French
| since 2024 | Postdoc (Habilitand) researching artificial neural networks, University of Lucerne |
| since 2021 | Legal Counsel at MME |
| 2017 - 2021 | Legal Advisor & Associate at MME |
| since 2021 | Lecturer in LegalTech and Digital Law, HWZ |
| since 2020 | Research Fellow (Associate), UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies |
| since 2019 | Co-Founder, Chief Legal Officer & Board Member, Obligate AG |
| since 2008 | Military Legal Advisor, Major, Swiss Armed Forces |
| 2020-2023 | Lecturer & Module Lead, Blockchain & Smart Contracts, University of Lucerne |
| 2018 - 2022 | Lecturer in Blockchain & Law, ZHAW School of Engineering |
| 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 |
