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Safi Ghauri

Barrister · Digital Assets Counsel · Geopolitical Analyst

São Paulo · Dubai · Islamabad

As cited in The Independent (UK)  ·  Bloomberg Arabic  ·  CNA (Channel NewsAsia)  ·  Reuters  ·  Gulf News  ·  China Business Law Journal
Managing Partner
Esquare Legal
Crypto-native cross-border law firm. UAE · Brazil · Pakistan · China.
Partner
Tahota Law Firm
Top-100 global firm. 4,000+ practitioners. 30+ offices worldwide.
Political Analyst
PTV World
300+ broadcast appearances. National Defense University Pakistan. South America Correspondent, São Paulo.

Law at the intersection of capital, governance, and strategy.

Media · April 2026
The Independent (UK) — Hormuz Blockade

Quoted alongside Chatham House, Kpler, and New York Law School on the tactical and legal dimensions of the US naval interdiction regime in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Speaking · October 2025
Horasis Global Summit, São Paulo

Speaker on digital assets regulation at the 10th Horasis Global Meeting — 1,000 leaders from 50 countries, hosted at the University of São Paulo.

Speaking · March 2026
DARTE — European Commission + UNIDROIT, São Paulo

Panellist at the Digital Assets Roundtable Experts series, co-organised by the European Commission and UNIDROIT, on MiCA and Travel Rule implementation across Latin America.

Safi Ghauri is a Pakistani barrister qualified at Lincoln's Inn. He is the Managing Partner of Esquare Legal and a Partner of Tahota Law Firm, one of China's top-100 global law firms. He is based in São Paulo.

His practice spans landmark litigation at Pakistan's Supreme Court, digital asset regulatory mandates across four continents, and multi-billion dollar cross-border transactions. In parallel, he has made over 300 broadcast appearances as a political analyst and spoken at Horasis, COP30, the European Commission's DARTE expert series, ETH LATAM and Stellar Meridian.

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