Mastering the Digital Asset Revolution

Work with me

I partner with a select group of clients each year—across law, finance, technology, and private capital—who are navigating the shift from traditional finance to digital assets, blockchain, and AI-enabled systems.

My work focuses on helping:

• Law firms, financial institutions, and regulators modernize legal, compliance, and go-to-market strategy

• Founders and decentralized protocols scale responsibly in complex regulatory environments

• Family offices and high-net-worth individuals design secure, future-proof frameworks for financial sovereignty and digital asset allocation
  
  

Whether institutional or individual, the goal is the same: clarity, protection, and strategic advantage in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Engagement Models

Strategic Advisory

A collaborative partnership designed to support internal teams or family office principals. Includes strategic guidance across legal, technical, and business functions.

Structured as a monthly retainer with defined milestones.

Premium Partnership

An exclusive, full-spectrum engagement tailored for institutions or private clients seeking to lead in digital assets and AI.

Includes executive-level advisory, capability building, market development, and access to my global network.

Limited to two partners annually.

Mark David Bakacs

Based near Lake Zurich, Switzerland, I advise high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, law firms, forward-looking financial institutions, government bodies, and decentralized protocols on the transition from traditional finance to digital assets, financial sovereignty, and decentralized systems.

With a background in international finance and law, I practiced at Linklaters in London, Paris, and Tokyo (Magic Circle), as well as Sidley Austin (White Shoe) and Maples in the Cayman Islands. Over the last two decades, my work has focused on the intersection of global financial systems and emerging technologies such as blockchain and AI.

Earlier in my career, I played a key role in the 2009 Credit Suisse bailout and co-designed ASEAN’s cross-border swap agreements to enhance regional financial resilience. Since then, I’ve advised governments, financial institutions, and decentralized protocols on stablecoin frameworks, tokenized asset strategies, and digital asset regulation.

As an early advocate of Bitcoin and Ethereum, I co-created the Ethereal Summit and continue to work closely with leading DAOs, protocols, and founders on governance, legal architecture, and growth strategy.

My role is to help clients stay ahead of structural shifts in finance and technology—translating complexity into clarity, and opportunity into results.

Please note: I am not licensed to and do not provide any form of financial advice.

“Mark shortened our digital asset regulatory timeline by eight months. That gave us a crucial first-mover advantage.”

— Head of Innovation, Global Law Firm

“He’s that rare advisor who can speak to the policy, the tech, the business model—and make it all actionable.”

— Founder, Tier 1 DeFi Protocol

“Mark gave us clarity when we were surrounded by noise. He turned an emerging risk into a competitive advantage.”

— General Counsel, Global Fintech

“Mark’s clarity helped us navigate a highly sensitive cross-border structuring issue with confidence and speed.”

— Policy Advisor, Government Client