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Welcome to our small family firm with international scale. Our specialists are professionals with multi-year experience in law and with the clients we serve. Our Attorneys have deep knowledge and experience in tax, startup/small business, wealth management, estates and trusts, oil and gas, and international law.

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Our client service and back-office management systems leverage the latest technology in order to keep client costs low and service quality high. Most of our services are billed based on flat fee contracts, we don't like unpredictable expenses. We provide practical advice in plain English (or Russian, or German, ...).

Our Clients

The partners and staff of our law firm seek to empower you. Whether you are in need of tax services, looking for advice on managing money or starting a business, we are here for you. Our focus is on being lawyers who help you to say "yes, we can do that." We find solutions, we explain, we empower.
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Insights and Analysis

Happy 2019 International Women’s Day

♥ Happy 2019 International Women’s Day! ♥ With best wishes, The ALFI Team

Could Your Virtual Currency and Exchange Platform be Violating the Commodity Futures Trading Act?

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has determined that virtual currency futures and options meet the definition of a “commodity” within the agency’s regulatory purview. Although transactions in virtual currency commodities must be conducted in compliance with provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC Regulations, it may be possible to conduct these transactions ... [Read more]

A Fine Line Between Cryptocurrency Wash Trading and Legally Testing a Swap Exchange

A wash trade is an illegal, fake transaction on a swap execution facility (SEF). These trades are prohibited because they can be used to distort the economics of a legitimate SEF. Yet very similar, legal activity can be helpful for testing a newly-created software for virtual currency trading platform. TeraExchange, LLC was prosecuted by the ... [Read more]