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Safi Ghauri

Barrister · Crypto Lawyer · Geopolitical Analyst

São Paulo · Dubai · Islamabad

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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.

Speaking · June 2026
NIC Islamabad — South America for Tech Founders

Recently at NIC Islamabad — advising Pakistan's next generation of tech founders on legal pathways into South America.

Speaking · June 2026
Web3Experts Brazil, São Paulo

Speaker at Brazil’s largest Web3 technical conference — mapping regulatory pathways for crypto and blockchain companies operating in Brazil.

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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, crypto lawyer and barrister

Safi Ghauri is a crypto and cross-border investments lawyer and Managing Partner of Esquare Legal, a crypto-native law firm with offices across the UAE, Brazil, Pakistan and China. A Barrister of Lincoln's Inn, he is also 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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