Private international law · Digital assetsDerecho internacional privado · Activos digitales
Cayetana Santaolalla Montoya studies how property, custody and insolvency questions should be decided across borders when the asset exists only as code. Associate Professor of Private International Law, Fellow of the European Law Institute, author of Digital Asset Custody and Private International Law. Cayetana Santaolalla Montoya estudia cómo deben resolverse las cuestiones de propiedad, custodia e insolvencia en el ámbito transfronterizo cuando el activo existe solo como código. Profesora de Derecho Internacional Privado, Fellow del European Law Institute y autora de Digital Asset Custody and Private International Law.
Associate Professor of Private International Law. Her work examines how courts and legislators should decide property, custody and insolvency questions when assets exist only as code.Profesora de Derecho Internacional Privado. Su trabajo analiza cómo deben resolver tribunales y legisladores las cuestiones de propiedad, custodia e insolvencia cuando los activos existen solo como código.
Fellow of the European Law Institute. Member of the EAPIL Working Group on Digital Tokens. Author of Digital Asset Custody and Private International Law (Atelier, 2026).Fellow del European Law Institute. Miembro del EAPIL Working Group on Digital Tokens. Autora de Digital Asset Custody and Private International Law (Atelier, 2026).
Entitlement explained by control rather than possession, and what follows for the applicable law.La titularidad explicada por el control y no por la posesión, y sus consecuencias para la ley aplicable.
Client assets in a custodian's insolvency, the EU Insolvency Regulation and the segregation duty in MiCA.Los activos de clientes en la insolvencia del custodio, el Reglamento de Insolvencia y el deber de segregación del MiCA.
Digital collateral in decentralised finance, tokenised fund units and the fallback rule in UNIDROIT Principle 5.Garantías digitales en finanzas descentralizadas, participaciones tokenizadas y la regla subsidiaria del Principio 5 de UNIDROIT.
Dispute resolution in decentralised environments and the emergence of a digital lex mercatoria.Resolución de controversias en entornos descentralizados y emergencia de una lex mercatoria digital.
Control, Property and Cross-Border Coordination
“I have wished only to lay a few stones well, and to leave the rest to the many hands now at work on it.”Open the bookAbrir el libro
Digital Asset Custody and Private International Law
Where Does Title Live? Tokenised Fund Units, Control and the Conflict of Laws in the DIFC
Does a Statutory Trust Travel? Sterling Stablecoins, Safeguarding and the Conflict of Laws
A Choice Made Once: Party Autonomy and the Passage of Time in Long-Term State Contracts
The challenges of blockchain arbitration from a private international law perspective
Private International Law Beyond Territory? Decentralised Digital Environments and the Emergence of a Digital Lex Mercatoria
Digital Collateral in Decentralised Finance: Credit, Control, and Conflict of Laws
Custody, insolvency, tokenisation and applicable law, for academic, regulatory and industry audiences.Custodia, insolvencia, tokenización y ley aplicable, para audiencias académicas, regulatorias y del sector.
Sessions and modules on digital assets and cross-border legal risk for executive and graduate programmes.Sesiones y módulos sobre activos digitales y riesgo jurídico transfronterizo para programas ejecutivos y de posgrado.
Written opinions on conflict of laws, custody structures and insolvency questions involving digital assets.Dictámenes sobre conflicto de leyes, estructuras de custodia e insolvencia con activos digitales.
Research for regulators, standard-setters and firms, and responses to public consultations.Investigación para reguladores, organismos normativos y empresas, y respuestas a consultas públicas.