Varia Law

{ law • strategy • code }

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// broad legal expertise experienced

Generalist for small businesses, specialist for enterprise and firms

// performant and private AI practical

Simple, compliant, immediately actionable AI strategies

// modern services efficient

Lean and optimized operations: lower rates and fixed fees

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Advise()

Practical and actionable

▸Contracts

• Employment, consultant, contractor, and advisor agreements

• Contractual joint ventures, revenue shares, partnerships, license agreements

• Software service agreements, proofs-of-concept, security audit and bounty agreements, ecosystem grants

• Incentives: equity and option agreements, token grants and allocations

• NDAs, terms and conditions, and privacy policies

▸Corporate law and startups

• Full service assistance with starting your business

• Operating agreements, board resolutions, bylaws, joint ventures, and more

• Trademark filings

• SPVs including RWA tokenization and securitizations

• Global entity experience, from LLCs to Cooperatives to Foundations

• Fractional general counsel services

▸Risk mitigation

• Diagnosis and actionable options for broad regulatory risk and private legal liability exposure

• Approaches to niche, cutting-edge technical concepts

• Securities law compliance and fundraising strategies

• Privacy and data protection

• KYC, AML, and sanctions compliance

▸Product counsel

• Risk assessment and actionable recommendations

• AI and LLM product and workflow design

• Local and client-side applications

• Decentralized application design and smart contract governance

• Advised on the novel mechanism for oracle-recaptured MEV, OEV

▸Dispute resolution

• Negotiation

• Mediation

• Arbitration

• Litigation preparation

• Expert witness services

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Consult()

Strategy with a legal lens

▸Practical, performant, and private AI implementations

• Immediately actionable workflows

• Prompt templates, SKILL.md, and global rules

• Compliance, ethical, and responsible use policies

▸Product strategy, feasibility, and design

• Ideation, to proof-of-concept, to launch, and iteration

• Token revenue treatment, incentives, and optimization

• Market analysis and product differentiation

• Advisor to Trustless Media, incubator of the first tokenized media cooperative Coinage

▸Technical "translation" and diligence

• Code and product interpretation

• Litigation and legal opinion technical interpretation

• Crypto tax event and ownership verification and characterization

• Blockchain, AI, and other cutting-edge tech investment diligence

▸Trainings and hands-on demos

• Compliant and practical AI use at your company

• Trainings and plain English seminars on upskilling, AI, crypto, and next-gen tech

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Build()

Software built by a lawyer

_01 ▸Custom local software, AI setups, and automations

• Bespoke automations and scripts

• Private desktop and client-side applications

• Local LLM and NLP implementations

• Documentation

_02 ▸Ethereum smart contracts

• 5+ years of Solidity experience, hundreds of contract deployments, 50+ security audits

• Stablecoin integrations and automations

• Noncustodial escrow, OTC swaps, and contingent payments

• UX and incentive design

_03 ▸Documentation compliance and audits

• Rectify inaccuracies and under-disclosure of features

• Preparation for security audits, commercialization, and distribution

• Technical and end user documentation

• Whitepaper and website copy

About()

Varia Law combines broad legal experience, technical fluency, and pragmatism:

▸Our Approach
• AI proficiency with prioritized privacy improves service quality

• Technical literacy is essential for modern professional advice

• "It depends" advice is useless— clients must have actionable options

• No matter is too small

• Transparent, capped fees are essential

Founder

Erich Dylus is an attorney and programmer who has founded multiple companies, contributed to the Ethereum ecosystem since 2017, and builds private and performant software and AI processes. He's a frequent contributor to open source projects and nonprofit organizations.

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 arrangements including fixed fees, contingencies, and capped matters.

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.

Contact()

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