William
O’Rorke

Co-founder of ORWL, William O’Rorke is recognized as one of France’s leading experts in crypto-asset regulation. For nearly ten years, he has been advising players in the crypto-finance sector, combining high-level legal expertise with a deep understanding of blockchain technologies.

William focuses on the regulatory challenges arising under MiCA, MiFID II and DORA in the crypto-asset sphere. He has a recognised track record representing crypto projects before the financial and banking regulators and devising innovative regulatory strategies.

His clientele includes crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), payment and e-money institutions issuing EMT/ART-type stablecoins, banks and asset-management companies rolling out crypto initiatives. He also advises technology providers—SaaS platforms, custodians-as-a-service, and layer-1 and layer-2 foundation—that build the sector’s technological backbone.

Alongside his advisory work, William serves as a board member and Secretary of ADAN – the leading blockchain association in France and Europe-, where he contributes to EU-level discussions on crypto regulation. He lectures annually at the Paris Bar School (EFB) and several banking- and finance-law master’s programmes, and is a co-author of the reference textbook Droit des crypto-actifs published by LexisNexis.

William’s team has been ranked “Highly Recommended” in Leaders League’s blockchain table for the fourth consecutive year and is listed in Band 4 of Chambers & Partners’ FinTech rankings.