Austlii — European tech law

Legal counsel for tech and digital business.

We advise tech founders, SaaS leaders, and fintech and crypto teams across Europe. From first setup to funding, contracts, and a clean exit.

We speak law and product.

Plain-language counsel. No filler.

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Read in the press.
Heard from the podium.

Editors call us when tech law gets hard. We brief the rooms where the rules get set. Here is where our work shows up.

40+

Talks, panels and press citations, logged since 2014.

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In the press

  • 01 Sifted European startups
  • 02 Tech.eu EU tech and funding
  • 03 The Recursive Emerging Europe
  • 04 CoinDesk Digital assets
  • 05 Financial Times Markets and rules
  • 06 EU-Startups Startup ecosystem

On the podium

  • Web Summit Lisbon
  • Slush Helsinki
  • Latitude59 Tallinn
  • Money20/20 Amsterdam
  • EthCC Paris
  • London Tech Week London

What tech founders say

Across 10+ EU jurisdictions

Most firms made us translate our product into legal terms. Austlii already spoke both. They mapped our token launch, our SaaS contracts, and our MiCA filing in one room. We shipped faster. Investors stopped worrying about the paperwork.


Mara Lindqvist

Co-founder & CEO, Helix Markets

MiCA-licensed exchange · Tallinn, Estonia

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Practice coverage

Four pillars, one tech-native team

We speak law and product in the same breath. Each pillar runs from first call to final sign-off. It just works.

Lifecycle

From seed to exit, one legal team

We cover the whole company journey. Setup, funding, growth, then the sale. One team holds the thread the whole way. No handoffs. No gaps.

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Crypto & Web3

MiCA and crypto law, made clear

MiCA is the EU crypto rulebook. We map it to your project, step by step. Token launches, listings, and stablecoin work fit one plan. You get a clear path, not a maze.

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Jurisdictions
  • UK
  • Estonia
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • Cyprus
  • Ireland
  • Malta

Set up across ten-plus markets

Where you set up shapes tax, funding, and growth. We know the trade-offs in each market. We help you choose. Then we build the structure right.

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Execution

Hands-on contracts, not just advice

Advice alone does not close a deal. We draft, redline, and ship the papers too. Term sheets, IP transfers, and SaaS contracts get done right. Strategy meets real work on the page.

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Founder & investor voices

Voices from the cap table.

Founders and funds work with us across Europe. They close rounds faster. Their term sheets hold up. These are their words.

  • We back founders in six countries. Austlii made every round simple. The term sheets held up when it mattered. No deal slipped.
    Marta Lindqvist Partner · Nordveil Capital Stockholm · Tallinn
  • We move fast across the EU. Austlii keeps our contracts clean. They speak product, not just law. We ship without legal drag.
    Tomas Reiner Co-founder & CEO · Flowgrid Berlin · Amsterdam
  • MiCA felt like a wall. Austlii turned it into a checklist. Our token launch cleared on the first pass. That saved us months.
    Ayşe Karanfil Founder · Mintware Labs Tallinn · Valletta
  • We needed an EMI licence fast. Austlii mapped the whole path. Each filing landed on time. We launched on schedule.
    Diego Marenco CEO · PayloopHQ Vilnius · Dublin
  • Our group spans four countries. Austlii built a clean holding setup. The buyer's review was painless. They trusted every document.
    Hannah Vos Founder · Stackhouse Group Amsterdam · Nicosia
  • Our code is our company. Austlii locked our IP down from day one. Every contractor signed clean terms. Investors never raised a flag.
    Priya Sundaram CTO · Cobalt Forms London · Tallinn

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