Digital Assets 2024

14 - 15 May, 2024

Business Design Centre, London

Julien Clausse

Head of AssetFoundry (Digital Asset & Tokenization) BNP Paribas CIB

Julien Clausse serves as the Head of AssetFoundry at BNP Paribas CIB, leading the bank's core Digital Assets & Tokenization Platform. For the last 25 years, as a Venture Builder, he has created and launched new products in several industries – from automotive, to TravelTech, to Internet of Things and now in Finance when he joined BNP Paribas CIB in 2018. Julien oversees AssetFoundry's commitment to financial instrument tokenization, aiming to assist both issuers and investors by integrating issuances with key asset data, such as ESG metrics. Guided by Julien's direction, the AssetFoundry team comprises technical builders and product managers. Collaborating with departments like legal, IT, and compliance, they work towards a seamless originate-to-distribute platform as well as all related Digital Assets topics for CIB. Beyond BNP Paribas CIB, Julien is a Member of the Board of Directors at Manaos, a platform connecting investors and asset managers to prime ESG data & service providers. Julien also had roles in teaching and innovation. His background and current roles underscore his expertise in blockchain, platforms, and the broader digital assets sector.

Day 1 | 14th May

2:40 PM Digitisation of RWA Fire Side Chat: Examining implementation process and key outcomes of tokenising a renewables project finance bond

This session will explore the process, challenges, benefits, and results of tokenising bonds:


  • How can you build a business case to gain internal buy-in and investment?
  • Stage one: Deal structuring- How can you decide on asset type, shareholder type and jurisdiction?
  • Stage two: Legal structure- how to create a legal wrapper to form an investment vehicle.
  • Stage three: Technology selection- How can you decide which ledger to select, which platform, custody provider and AML/KYC partners to use?
  • Stage four: Distribution and marketing- exploring token generation and distribution as well as post-tokenisation management.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Julien.

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