Named experts · Practitioner profile
Mark Gofaizen
Gofaizen & Sherle ↗ · Estonia, Lithuania, European Union, United Arab Emirates, El Salvador
About Mark
Mark Gofaizen is the Senior Partner and Head of Consulting at Gofaizen & Sherle, the international legal and business advisory firm specialising in fintech, blockchain, crypto-asset licensing, and global corporate structuring. With more than a decade of hands-on experience, Mark has established the firm's positioning across MiCA, UAE VARA, and Latin American crypto-licensing markets.
Editor's note
Co-founder and senior partner of Gofaizen & Sherle. Mark's positioning across MiCA, UAE VARA, and El Salvador markets is distinctive among EU crypto-licensing practitioners.
Practice fields
Credentials
- Senior Partner, Head of Consulting — Gofaizen & Sherle
- 10+ years specialising in crypto-asset and fintech regulation
- Co-founder, Gofaizen & Sherle (Estonia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, El Salvador, UAE offices)
Jurisdictions
Sources
Every entry on this page is sourced from public records. The references below are the evidence base for the practitioner's expertise claims.
Relevant guides
Knowledge-base coverage that overlaps with Mark's practice (Estonia, Lithuania, European Union, United Arab Emirates, El Salvador · MiCA CASP, Non-EU crypto, Crypto AML).
Crypto company formation · Cross-jurisdiction guide
Crypto Company Formation 2026: The Vehicle, the Capital, and the Licence
A cross-jurisdiction guide to forming the company behind a crypto business — Estonia OÜ, Lithuania UAB, Czech s.r.o., Ireland LTD, Poland sp…
EU TFR · Travel Rule · 2026 implementation
EU Travel Rule, AML, Sanctions & DAC8 — CASP Compliance 2026
The EU AML, Travel Rule, sanctions and tax-reporting stack for CASPs in one place: the TFR and what differs by member state, self-hosted wal…
VASP licensing · Pre-MiCA frameworks
VASP License Crypto Explained — Pre-MiCA Frameworks to MiCA Migration
VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider) registration was the dominant pre-MiCA EU crypto framework — AML-focused registration in Estonia, Lith…
Licensed crypto exchanges EU · Checking MiCA authorisation
Licensed Crypto Exchanges in the EU: How to Check MiCA Authorisation
ESMA's interim MiCA register listed 370 crypto-asset service providers across the EEA on 7 October 2026. This guide explains what the regist…
Estonia vs Lithuania · CASP comparison
Estonia vs Lithuania CASP License 2026 — Which to Choose
Estonia vs Lithuania for a MiCA CASP licence, with Latvia and Poland in the frame too. The Baltic-CEE rulebooks have converged under MiCA. W…
MiCA · CASP operations & lifecycle
CASP Operations and Lifecycle 2026 — MiCA Passport, Banking, Wind-Down
The CASP passport under MiCA Article 65 went operational in late 2024 — but a working passport is one part of running an authorised CASP. Th…