Our consultants have successfully built and led outside and in-house legal as well as software developer teams at large Silicon Valley companies. pythiaZK is a consultancy and NOT a law firm. pythiaZK does not provide legal advice. Each pythiaZK Consultant’s private law practice is maintained separate from the pythiaZK consultancy.

As an added benefit, however, pythaiZK clients may often require that extra sensitive matters cannot be further disclosed are best served under Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine through each consultant’s separate law firm. Under the collaborative guidance of a separate law firm, a separate wrapper of confidentiality can be applied to consultancy work product. Accordingly, through a separate law firm, legal advice relating to electronic evidence issues can be addressed and confidentially sealed under Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine.

Law & Business

 

EVIDENCE & eDISCOVERY

We provide expert advice to lawyers on how to explain blockchain, cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and IT technologies to Judges, Juries, and Clients.  We assist lawyers navigation both on- & off-chain blockchain discovery requests for evidence and what specific information will be critical to winning a case or pleading.  Moreover, we have years of experience conducting eDiscovery and digital forensics evidence investigations in Silicon Valley, California that are soundly admissible in court – let us help you artfully navigate complex computer and software technology business litigation.

 

LEGISLATIVE & CORPORATE POLICY REGARDING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY & SOFTWARE

At pythiaZK we further provide bipartisan public policy consultation in the field of IT and Data Governance and internationally provide expert reports related to retention of sensitive information relating to spoliation motions, especially in Crypto and ICO related litigation.

 

PRIVACY & SECURITY AUDITS

We apply an autonomous approach toward each clients’ blockchain platform to arrive at meaningful solutions regarding data privacy (including GDPR landscapes), de-identification techniques, identity and key management for developer integration all within a mindful, real-world global regulatory framework.  We are formally trained with advanced degrees in Data Science.

 

FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS

Navigating global regulations of tangible assets such as bankruptcy, probate, mergers and acquisitions transition to new blockchain paradigms.  Digital forensic auditing of criminal activity and regulatory frameworks for international ICOs and blockchain development.

 

AUTHENTICATION & CHAIN OF OWNERSHIP

Advice on streamlining “trust” to blockchain ledgers.  Subscription Crypto Information Technology Support services.

For Developers

 

BLOCKCHAIN DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING

Smart contract & oracle development, contract regulatory auditing of smart contracts and other on- and off- chain software architectures, data privacy audits, UI and marketplace regulatory compliance, software security audits.

 

SMART CONTRACTING

Escrow and release based Oracle strategies that reduce present transaction costs and frictions that occur with present, non-digital systems.

 

PRIVACY & IDENTITY

Advice on key-based validation and identity management.  Let us help you derive a responsive plan implementing Zero Knowledge through the use of Public/Private Keypairs, Hash functions, Merkle Trees and other cryptographic methodologies.

 

Lawyer and CEO Services

 

pythiaZK ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY OFFERINGS

Discovery is the most powerful fact-gathering authority there is. Through discovery, a party has full access to their opponent’s relevant information as well as information in the possession of third parties. Do not venture into the discovery process without experts at your side lest let vital facts, critical to your success, slip through the cracks. This is especially true in the context of the incredibly complex and ever-changing realm of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

 

PythiaZK’s attorneys and experts maintain up-to-the-minute knowledge of blockchain and cryptocurrency technology and law to help marshal your matter in the best way possible. Whether you are a plaintiff or defendant, we can assist in meet-and-confers, draft motions and requests, respond to motions-to-compel or protective orders as well as the review of produced information. In fact, PythiaZK also leverages artificial-intelligence tools to help find hidden information, to develop critical patterns and to find complex connections in blockchain and cryptocurrency environments.