Firm Name: Ernst & Young Advokatfirma AS
Country: Norway
Expertise: Blockchain Services
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Professional Biography:
Gjert Melsom is our exclusively recommended Blockchain Services expert in Norway on the Advisory Excellence website. If you need assistance in this area, please contact Gjert directly using the contact details listed above.
Partner and leader, Blockchain, EY Norway and Law firm
Gjert is the committed partner who focuses on explaining complex challenges and opportunities in an easy-to-understand way, creating creative and constructive dialogue and finding commercial and practical solutions. Gjert is the lead partner of the EY Tax and Law Blockchain Team including more than 20 experts within the area.
Gjert Melsomand his team has advised more than 50 Norwegian and international clients on how to scale blockchain-related concepts within a tax & legal framework. Issues includes everything from core blockchain tech solutions to crypto and the token economy, such as ICOs, STOs, IDOs, IEOs etc., Decentralised Finance, and NFTs
Firm Overview:
The EY Blockchain and TMT team has advised more than 50 Norwegian and international clients on how to scale blockchain, AI and gaming within a tax & legal framework. The team offers a “one stop solution”, including core blockchain tech solutions, token economy, Decentralised Finance and NFTs.
Clients include a global EL-car producer, gas terminal builder, real estate developer, social platform players, global mining companies, crypto exchanges, solar panels producers, digital payment operators, crypto fund managers, decentralised data storage, fashion industry, food producers, individuals reporting cryptocurrencies, etc. Work include taxation, VAT, compliance, law and regulatory issues, sustainability, government and EU grants, GDPR, IP-rights, Consumer Rights, Royalty, personal taxation, accounting and audit, valuation and Integrity Due Diligence.
The team work closely with the global EY Blockchain team which has more than 300 core blockchain developers, 14 Blockchain Hubs and has developed 9 blockchain platforms.