María Jose is an Argentine lawyer based in Madrid and the founder of Etherea Legal, a jurisdiction-agnostic legal consultancy advising DAOs, DeFi protocols, blockchain infrastructure providers, and digital asset projects on structuring, compliance, and governance. She previously led international legal structuring and multi-jurisdictional compliance at karpatkey, working across the Cayman Islands, Dubai, Panama, Switzerland, the EU, and the US, and brings a combined public and private sector background spanning litigation, corporate advisory, and institutional relations across Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay.