gunnercooke Operating Partners and Legal teams collaborate to advise Haycen on a wholesale stablecoin-based solution for non-bank lenders in global trade.

April 8, 2025
Dan Petrovic

Operating Partner

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gunnercooke’s unique combination of professional services individuals typically found in private equity portfolio companies with “in step” legal advice allowed Haycen to access subject matter experts to accelerate their plans to develop a unique stablecoin proposition working alongside Northern Trust as the fiat custodian and cash manager.

Dan Petrovic, who lead the gunnercooke team, was supported by James Burnie FRSA (Partner), Olga Antonova (Senior Associate) and Holly Joseph (Trainee Solicitor) at gunnercooke LLP and Brandon Holdsworth (Associate Operating Partner).

Dan commented. “We were delighted to advise Haycen on their go-to market plans and help them with their business launch. The benefit of being able to provide an integrated operational and legal solution was exponentially valuable in taking this proposition forwards.”

gunnercooke OP’s suite of industry practitioners provides strategic input from learned experience into a vast array of support. In this case, gunnercooke OP provided commercial, sales, operational, compliance and technological due diligence on a fractional basis, being able to validate key questions involving client and market needs.  

Applying a founding teams’ vision into a practical operating model and validating it allowed for the smooth interaction between the operation and legal teams.  This resulted in a well-defined go-to market strategy, aligned with legal structuring support and regulatory planning, supporting the business for both clients and investor needs.

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