Viktor Juskin is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of LegalBison, a global boutique legal and business services firm and licensed corporate service provider specializing in regulatory architecture for FinTech and digital asset projects. He brings an institutional background spanning banking compliance and regulated brokerage to the firm’s regulatory research, payment flow methodology, and banking strategy functions.
Professional Background
Viktor Juskin’s career before co-founding LegalBison was spent inside regulated financial institutions, giving him a practitioner’s perspective on AML/CTF compliance, banking relationships, and financial product regulation that informs every dimension of his role at the firm. His career progression spans three distinct phases:
- Institutional banking – at a major European bank, he gained working knowledge of client onboarding and due diligence procedures, AML/CTF compliance as applied from within a banking environment, and the internal risk assessment processes governing how banks evaluate and manage corporate relationships;
- Regulated brokerage leadership – as Head of Brokerage and FX Dealer at Admiral Markets Group (Admirals), one of the largest FX/CFD brokers in the EU by trading volume, he held operational responsibility for brokerage execution, FX dealing, and regulatory compliance within a MiFID II-regulated environment;
- Co-Founder, LegalBison – built the firm’s operational infrastructure from inception: internal processes, service methodology, team structure, and multi-office coordination systems that enable delivery across 50+ jurisdictions worldwide. His role has evolved toward strategic direction, regulatory engagement, and high-level advisory.
Regulatory and Jurisdictional Expertise
Viktor Juskin’s expertise operates at the intersection of three analytical functions that underpin LegalBison’s service methodology:
- Payment flow architecture – developing and maintaining the models that determine how LegalBison assesses client payment flows and identifies licensing triggers. This involves mapping the complete payment architecture of each client’s business model: where fiat enters and exits, how crypto assets are handled, which entities take custody, and at which points VASP licensing or other regulatory authorizations are triggered;
- Regulatory research – contributing to the firm’s knowledge base, analytical frameworks, and jurisdictional assessments across MiCA compliance, MiFID II, PSD2, PSD3, VASP/CASP, and AML/CTF frameworks. His institutional background gives this research function a practical orientation: regulatory developments are assessed from both the advisory perspective and the institutional response perspective;
- Banking strategy – shaping LegalBison’s approach to banking access for clients in the crypto and FinTech licensing domains. His experience inside a major bank’s client onboarding and compliance processes helps the firm structure client entities and documentation to meet institutional requirements.
His jurisdictional reach is firm-wide, covering EU-regulated environments, LATAM jurisdictions, offshore structuring territories, and MENA markets, applied within LegalBison’s 50+ jurisdiction service scope. Specific frameworks include MiCA, MiFID II, PSD2, PSD3, FATF AML/CTF standards, and VASP/CASP licensing regimes across multiple regions.
Role at LegalBison
As Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Viktor Juskin holds a strategic leadership role spanning multiple functional areas within LegalBison’s structure. His responsibilities extend across four interconnected functions:
- Payment flow methodology – the analytical models and frameworks used to assess client platforms and identify licensing triggers guide all legal, compliance, and implementation work at the firm;
- Regulatory research and intelligence – contributing to the continuous evaluation of regulatory developments and translating that intelligence into guidance for the firm’s implementation, legal, and compliance teams to act on;
- Banking strategy – directing the firm’s approach to banking access and entity structuring for clients across high-risk verticals;
- Technology assessment – ensuring that legal and compliance conclusions reflect what each client’s platform does at the technical level.
Viktor Juskin co-designed LegalBison’s implementation methodology and helped build the multi-disciplinary team structure. His career runs from institutional banking through regulated brokerage leadership to co-founding LegalBison. This progression reflects consistent experience on both sides of regulatory compliance.
