In this video, Samir Safar-Aly, Financial Regulatory & Compliance Counsel at Baker McKenzie and MENA FinTech & AI Lead, speaks to Sumsub General Counsel Tony Petrov, about the financial regulatory landscape for virtual assets and crypto across the MENA region, with a focus on the UAE. Watch the video to learn more about regulators, business, and jurisdiction setting in the MENA region.

This video was made in collaboration with Sumsub, Baker McKenzie, MENA Fintech Association and the MFTA Policy & Regulation Working Group. The video was first published in Sumsub’s Expert Channel:

Author

Samir is an English qualified Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and a registered Legal Adviser with the Dubai Government Legal Affairs Department. He is a counsel in the Firm’s Financial Regulatory and Investigations, Compliance & Ethics (IC&E) practices based in Dubai as well as FinTech and AI lead in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), with ten years’ experience in the region.