Named experts · By field of practice
Named legal practitioners in crypto regulation
A directory of named lawyers practising in the fields the crypto-licensing rulebook actually touches — MiCA CASP work, stablecoin issuance, AML and the Travel Rule, custody, token classification, crypto M&A, non-EU regimes, and market abuse. Each entry is sourced from verifiable public records: firm bios, directory rankings, named publications, conference talks.
MiCA CASP authorisation
Lawyers handling the EU CASP authorisation process — file scoping, regulator dialogue, governance and substance build.
Stablecoin issuance (ART / EMT)
Counsel on MiCA Title III / Title IV stablecoin issuer authorisation, reserves, and EBA escalation for significant tokens.
Crypto AML & Travel Rule
AML/CFT for crypto firms, MLRO substance, the Transfer of Funds Regulation, sanctions screening, and supervisory engagement.
Crypto-asset custody & safeguarding
Custody licensing, segregation of client assets, insolvency protection, and the operational rulebook for custody services.
Token classification & MiFID interface
The borderline between crypto-assets and financial instruments — MiCA scope, MiFID II overlap, and securities-token analysis.
Crypto M&A and qualifying holdings
Acquisitions of authorised CASPs, change-of-control under MiCA qualifying-holdings rules, deal calendars against the regulator clock.
Non-EU crypto regulation
Cross-border licensing outside the EU — UK FCA, Swiss FINMA, UAE VARA, Singapore MAS, Hong Kong SFC, US state and federal.
Crypto market abuse & surveillance
MiCA Title VI implementation — insider-dealing, unlawful disclosure, market manipulation, trade surveillance for CASPs.
How we choose
A practitioner is included in the directory when they meet at least three of five criteria: documented expertise in the field through publications or conference talks in the past 24 months; active role at a recognized firm in the relevant jurisdiction; bar admission of that jurisdiction; five or more years of focused practice; and citation in the established legal directories (Chambers, Legal500) or industry publications (Lexology, Mondaq, Global Legal Insights).
Each field page also lists, separately, 15 regulators, policymakers, in-house and academic figures whose positions shape the field. They are not counsel, and the criteria above do not apply to them.
Editor's Watch entries are highlighted when, in addition to those criteria, a practitioner shows a distinctive sub-specialty edge — prior regulator-side experience, an authored regulatory submission, or a documented track of complex authorisations.
Listed practitioners can request removal or correction via [email protected] — processed within 14 days.