Named experts · Practitioner profile
Yuliya Barabash
SBSB Fintech Lawyers ↗ · Lithuania, Estonia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, El Salvador
★ Editor's Watch — MiCA CASP, Crypto AML, Non-EU crypto
About Yuliya
Yuliya Barabash is Managing Partner of SBSB Fintech Lawyers, a firm she has led since 2013. SBSB has offices across Lithuania, Estonia, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, the UAE, Costa Rica, Italy, Mauritius, and El Salvador, with a practice focused on crypto licensing, AML/CFT compliance, and cross-border fintech advisory.
Editor's note
Managing Partner of a multi-jurisdictional firm with documented offices and crypto-licensing practice across nine countries — one of the few practitioners running named, cross-border crypto advisory at this geographic scale.
Practice fields
Credentials
- Managing Partner / CEO, SBSB Fintech Lawyers
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.
- Yuliya Barabash — Global Law Experts profile — directory
- Yuliya Barabash — Advisory Excellence — directory
- SBSB Fintech Lawyers — firm site — firm bio
- SBSB Fintech Lawyers Releases Expert Guide on Top 5 Crypto-Friendly Jurisdictions for 2026 — DL News — industry press
Relevant guides
Knowledge-base coverage that overlaps with Yuliya's practice (Lithuania, Estonia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, El Salvador · MiCA CASP, Crypto AML, Non-EU crypto).
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 jurisdictional comparison
Best EU Jurisdiction for MiCA CASP in 2026: A Practical Comparison
Lithuania, Estonia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Malta, Ireland — six EU member states actively process MiCA CASP files in 2026, and they differ …
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 — TFR member-state implementation, self-hosted wallets, FA…
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…
Crypto custody licence · Comparison
Crypto Custody Licence: Jurisdictions Compared (2026)
A crypto custody licence is not one licence. Under MiCA it is a CASP Class 2 authorisation; in the US a state trust charter or SPDI; in Asia…
Crypto exchange licence · Comparison
Crypto Exchange License: Jurisdictions Compared (2026)
A crypto exchange licence is not one licence. It is six or seven different regimes — MiCA, VARA, MAS, SFC, FCA, FINMA, and the US state-by-s…