Varia Law

{ law • strategy • code }

advise()

Varia Law emphasizes practical legal advice, specializing in:

• ▸Legal and regulatory risk mitigation
  - General regulatory risks and legal liability exposure
  - Securities law compliance and accreditation verification
  - Privacy and data protection
  - KYC, AML, and sanctions compliance
• ▸Contracts
  - Service and integration agreements
  - Grants and token allocations
  - Employee, consultant, and advisor agreements
  - Security audit, whitehat safe harbor, and bounty program agreements
  - Marketing and ecosystem support, NDAs
  - Terms and conditions and privacy policies
• ▸Corporate law
  - Operating agreements, board resolutions, bylaws, joint ventures, and more
  - Global entity experience, from LLCs to Cooperatives to Unincorporated Associations and Foundations
  - Special purpose vehicles including RWA tokenization and securitizations
• ▸Product counsel
  - Decentralized application design, oracles, and smart contract governance
  - Advised on the novel oracle mechanism for user-recaptured MEV, OEV Network
  - AI and LLM product and workflow design
  - Experience with client-side python application design
• ▸Fractional general counsel services
  - Generalist legal support for startups and small businesses in all industries
• ▸Dispute resolution
  - Negotiations
  - Arbitrations
  - Mediations
  - Expert witness for blockchain-related proceedings

consult()

Combining legal and programming expertise, Varia offers:

• ▸Strategy, feasibility, and design consults
  - From ideation, to proof-of-concept, to launch, iteration, and beyond
  - Protocol revenue treatment, token incentives, dependency reduction, and optimization
  - Market analysis and product differentiation
• ▸Code “translation” and diligence assistance
  - Litigation and legal opinion technical interpretation support for law firms
  - Crypto tax event and ownership verification and characterization assistance for accounting firms
  - Blockchain, AI, and other autonomous technology-related company and token investment diligence
• ▸Communications and documentation triage
  - Whitepapers, website copy, press release review and drafting
  - Internal policies and guidelines for public statements and materials
  - Technical documentation and interface review
• ▸Advisory roles
  - Advise projects and startups on strategy, risk mitigation, and competitive advantages
  - Advisor to Trustless Media, incubator of the crypto media cooperative Coinage
• ▸Web3 and AI solutions via strategic partners
  - Noncustodial escrow, OTC token sales, and contingent payments
  - Token vesting and unlocks, including milestones
  - NFT authentication
  - Immutable document and information storage
  - AI/LLM workflow optimization and compliance solutions such as CamoText

build()

Code development, documentation, and audit services:

• ▸Program, optimize, test, deploy, and verify EVM smart contracts
  - 5+ years of Solidity dev experience, hundreds of contract deployments, 50+ security audits
  - Bespoke DeFi interfaces, oracles, ERC20s, NFTs, automated LP and funds flows, and more
  - Foundry test suite
  - Emphasis on security-by-simplicity and thorough commenting
• ▸"First-pass" Solidity code review
  - Pre-audit cost-effective security and structure review
  - Gas optimization
  - UX and incentive design
  
• ▸Documentation Audits
  - Rectify inaccuracies and under-disclosure of features
  - Code commenting and NatSpec
  - Official Solidity style adherence
  - Technical documentation and READMEs
  - Whitepaper and website copy drafting and review
  
• ▸Third party code audit assistance
  - Network of 20+ security audit agencies and individuals
  - Arrangement and negotiation
  - Assistance with audit report responses and codebase remediation
• ▸Python development and LLM integration
  - Bespoke python scripts
  - Local LLM and NLP implementations
  - User guides and documentation

about()

We respect confidentiality and readily use privacy-preserving communication and payment tools.

Founder

Erich Dylus is an attorney and programmer who has contributed to the Ethereum ecosystem since 2017 and uses EVM and LLM technologies on a daily basis.

Before founding Varia Law in 2021, Erich practiced secured asset and aviation finance at Vedder Price. His matters included international syndicated financings, leases and securitizations, and regulatory investigations and compliance.

• ▸Bar admissions
  - Maryland
  - District of Columbia
• ▸Education
  - J.D., The George Washington University Law School
  - B.A. in Economics, Harvard University

Clients

Our clients range from individuals to small businesses to multinational firms, with flexible fee payment methods and arrangements including fixed fees, contingencies, and capped hourly rates.

We often work alongside other firms as a code-native and cost-effective co-counsel or consultant.

Legal services and consulting or development services are provided via separate engagements.

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