Named experts · Practitioner profile
Tina Balzli
CMS von Erlach Partners AG ↗ · Switzerland, European Union
★ Editor's Watch — MiCA CASP, Crypto custody
About Tina
Tina Balzli is a Partner and Head of Fintech & Blockchain at CMS Switzerland in Zurich, and Co-Head of the CMS Crypto, Digital Assets and FinTech International Focus Group. She advises crypto-asset firms on the Swiss DLT Act, FINMA fintech and banking licensing, and the MiCA interface for firms with cross-EU footprint.
Editor's note
Co-Head of CMS's global Crypto / Digital Assets / FinTech focus group — one of the few practitioners with documented authority across both the Swiss DLT framework and MiCA implementation.
Practice fields
Credentials
- Partner, CMS Switzerland
- Co-Head, CMS Crypto / Digital Assets / FinTech International Focus Group
- LL.M. (NYU)
- LL.M. (NUS)
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.
- Tina Balzli — CMS Switzerland — firm bio
- Legal experts on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation — CMS — publication
Relevant guides
Knowledge-base coverage that overlaps with Tina's practice (Switzerland, European Union · MiCA CASP, Crypto custody).
Swiss FINMA · Token classification
FINMA Token Classification: Payment, Utility, Asset Tokens
Switzerland classifies crypto tokens into three categories — payment, utility, and asset — under FINMA's 2018 ICO Guidelines. The classifica…
Swiss AG / GmbH · Company formation
Swiss AG or GmbH for a Crypto Business: Which Entity to Form
Switzerland offers two main company forms for a crypto business — the AG with CHF 100,000 capital and the GmbH with CHF 20,000. The AG carri…
DeFi · MiCA scope · 2026 ESMA review
DeFi Under MiCA 2026 — What's Regulated and What Isn't
MiCA covers crypto-asset services 'on behalf of clients' — which catches centralised custody, exchange, and trading platforms but leaves gen…
MiCA Article 75 · Custody safeguarding
MiCA Article 75 Crypto Custody — Segregation and Safeguarding
MiCA Article 75 sets the operational rulebook for CASP custody of client crypto-assets — segregation, ledger accuracy, bankruptcy-remoteness…
Crypto staking · MiCA scope analysis
Crypto Staking Under MiCA 2026 — Service, Custody or Out of Scope
Staking-as-a-service through a CASP is in scope of MiCA Title V — typically as crypto-asset custody plus an additional service layer. Pure p…
Reverse solicitation · Non-EU firms · MiCA exemption
Reverse Solicitation Under MiCA: When Non-EU Crypto Firms Can Serve EU Clients
MiCA's reverse-solicitation exemption lets a non-EU crypto firm serve an EU client only when the client initiates the relationship on their …