diff --git a/bivrost-abi-parser/src/main/kotlin/pm/gnosis/AbiParser.kt b/bivrost-abi-parser/src/main/kotlin/pm/gnosis/AbiParser.kt
index 6d70652..53a7d2b 100644
--- a/bivrost-abi-parser/src/main/kotlin/pm/gnosis/AbiParser.kt
+++ b/bivrost-abi-parser/src/main/kotlin/pm/gnosis/AbiParser.kt
@@ -19,12 +19,23 @@ class AbiParser {
         fun hash(): String
     }
 
-    internal class SimpleTypeHolder(private val className: ClassName, private val dynamic: Boolean) : TypeHolder {
+    internal class SimpleTypeHolder private constructor(private val className: ClassName, private val dynamic: Boolean) : TypeHolder {
         override fun toTypeName() = className
 
         override fun isDynamic() = dynamic
 
         override fun hash() = generateHash(listOf(className.toString()))
+
+        companion object {
+            /**
+             * Create a SimpleTypeHolder for a given type if possible.
+             * If the given type is not a simple type (e.g. Tuple) null will be returned.
+             */
+            fun forType(type: String): SimpleTypeHolder? {
+                val baseType = Solidity.types[checkType(type)] ?: return null
+                return SimpleTypeHolder(ClassName.bestGuess(baseType), SolidityBase.dynamicTypes.contains(type.toLowerCase()))
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     internal abstract class CollectionTypeHolder(val listType: ClassName, val itemType: TypeHolder) : TypeHolder {
@@ -165,7 +176,7 @@ class AbiParser {
                 throw IllegalArgumentException("Invalid parameter definition: ${parameter.type}!")
             }
             val arrayType = matcher.group(1)
-            val baseType = generateElementaryType(arrayType) ?: generateTuple(arrayType, parameter, context) ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("Unknown parameter ${parameter.type}!")
+            val baseType = SimpleTypeHolder.forType(arrayType) ?: generateTuple(arrayType, parameter, context) ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("Unknown parameter ${parameter.type}!")
             val arrayDef = matcher.group(2)
             if (arrayType.length < parameter.type.length && arrayDef.isNullOrBlank()) {
                 throw IllegalArgumentException("Invalid parameter definition: ${parameter.type}!")
@@ -173,11 +184,6 @@ class AbiParser {
             return parseArrayDefinition(arrayDef, baseType, context)
         }
 
-        private fun generateElementaryType(type: String): TypeHolder? {
-            val baseType = Solidity.types[checkType(type)] ?: return null
-            return SimpleTypeHolder(ClassName.bestGuess(baseType), isSolidityDynamicType(type))
-        }
-
         private fun generateTuple(type: String, parameters: ParameterJson, context: GeneratorContext): TypeHolder? {
             if (type != TUPLE_TYPE_NAME || parameters.components == null) {
                 return null
@@ -405,14 +411,6 @@ class AbiParser {
             return Pair("%T.DECODER", types)
         }
 
-        private fun isSolidityDynamicType(type: String) = isSolidityBytesType(type) || isSolidityStringType(type) || isSolidityDynamicArray(type)
-
-        private fun isSolidityBytesType(type: String) = type.contains("bytes")
-
-        private fun isSolidityStringType(type: String) = type.contains("string")
-
-        private fun isSolidityDynamicArray(type: String) = type.contains("[]")
-
         private fun isSolidityDynamicType(type: TypeHolder) = type.isDynamic()
 
         private fun isSolidityArray(type: TypeHolder) = type is CollectionTypeHolder
diff --git a/bivrost-abi-parser/src/test/kotlin/pm/gnosis/AbiParserTest.kt b/bivrost-abi-parser/src/test/kotlin/pm/gnosis/AbiParserTest.kt
index 4fb3aa1..4f34497 100644
--- a/bivrost-abi-parser/src/test/kotlin/pm/gnosis/AbiParserTest.kt
+++ b/bivrost-abi-parser/src/test/kotlin/pm/gnosis/AbiParserTest.kt
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ import com.squareup.kotlinpoet.ClassName
 import com.squareup.kotlinpoet.asClassName
 import com.squareup.kotlinpoet.asTypeName
 import org.junit.Assert
-import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
-import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Assert.*
 import org.junit.Test
 import pm.gnosis.model.AbiRoot
 import pm.gnosis.model.ParameterJson
@@ -57,6 +56,27 @@ class AbiParserTest {
         AbiParser.mapType(testParameter("gnosis[1][]"), testContext())
     }
 
+    @Test()
+    fun testSimpleTypeHolder() {
+        assertEquals("Unknown type should return null", AbiParser.SimpleTypeHolder.forType("unknown"), null)
+        assertEquals("Tuple type should return null", AbiParser.SimpleTypeHolder.forType("tuple"), null)
+
+        val bytes32 = AbiParser.SimpleTypeHolder.forType("bytes32")!!
+        assertFalse("bytes32 should be static", bytes32.isDynamic())
+
+        val uint = AbiParser.SimpleTypeHolder.forType("uint")!!
+        assertFalse("uint should be static", uint.isDynamic())
+
+        val int = AbiParser.SimpleTypeHolder.forType("int")!!
+        assertFalse("int should be static", int.isDynamic())
+
+        val bytes = AbiParser.SimpleTypeHolder.forType("bytes")!!
+        assertTrue("bytes should be dynamic", bytes.isDynamic())
+
+        val string = AbiParser.SimpleTypeHolder.forType("string")!!
+        assertTrue("string should be dynamic", string.isDynamic())
+    }
+
     @Test()
     fun testParseAliasTypes() {
         val uintType = AbiParser.mapType(testParameter("uint"), testContext())
@@ -160,6 +180,36 @@ class AbiParserTest {
         assertEquals(Solidity.String::class.asTypeName(), g1Type.toTypeName())
     }
 
+    @Test()
+    fun testParseBytesArray() {
+        val type = AbiParser.mapType(testParameter("bytes[5]"), testContext())
+        assertType(type, AbiParser.ArrayTypeHolder::class)
+        val pType = type as AbiParser.ArrayTypeHolder
+        assertEquals(5, pType.capacity)
+        assertTrue(pType.isDynamic())
+        assertEquals(ClassName("com.example.arrays", "Array5"), pType.listType)
+
+        // First generic type
+        val g1Type = pType.itemType
+        assertEquals(Solidity.Bytes::class.asTypeName(), g1Type.toTypeName())
+        assertTrue(g1Type.isDynamic())
+    }
+
+    @Test()
+    fun testParseBytesXArray() {
+        val type = AbiParser.mapType(testParameter("bytes32[5]"), testContext())
+        assertType(type, AbiParser.ArrayTypeHolder::class)
+        val pType = type as AbiParser.ArrayTypeHolder
+        assertEquals(5, pType.capacity)
+        assertFalse(pType.isDynamic())
+        assertEquals(ClassName("com.example.arrays", "Array5"), pType.listType)
+
+        // First generic type
+        val g1Type = pType.itemType
+        assertEquals(Solidity.Bytes32::class.asTypeName(), g1Type.toTypeName())
+        assertFalse(g1Type.isDynamic())
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun testDecodeFunctionArguments() {
         /*
diff --git a/bivrost-solidity-types/src/main/kotlin/pm/gnosis/model/SolidityBase.kt b/bivrost-solidity-types/src/main/kotlin/pm/gnosis/model/SolidityBase.kt
index b66d94e..bde5bb8 100644
--- a/bivrost-solidity-types/src/main/kotlin/pm/gnosis/model/SolidityBase.kt
+++ b/bivrost-solidity-types/src/main/kotlin/pm/gnosis/model/SolidityBase.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ object SolidityBase {
     const val BYTES_PAD = 32
     const val PADDED_HEX_LENGTH = BYTES_PAD * 2
 
+    val dynamicTypes: List<kotlin.String> = listOf("bytes", "string")
+
     interface Type {
         fun encode(): String
     }