Funds. Foundations. Digital Assets.
Specialist legal documentation and structuring — across DIFC, ADGM, Luxembourg, Mauritius, GIFT City India and Singapore
Legability drafts the documents that launch, govern and protect funds, foundations and digital-asset structures across the world's leading financial centres. A focused legal practice — not a full-service firm — built for fund managers, family offices and digital-asset businesses who need precise, commercially intelligent legal work, delivered with the speed and directness of a boutique.
We are a boutique legal practice built around the regulatory infrastructure of the UAE's two premier financial centres — and the jurisdictions that connect them.
We are known for our depth across fund structuring, digital assets, foundation governance and cross-border legal work, and take a partner-led approach that treats every mandate as the only one on the desk. Combining legal precision with plain language and fixed fees, we make commercially intelligent legal counsel accessible to founders, fund managers and families who deserve both quality and clarity.
Accessible
Legal complexity does not require legal language.
We translate — without losing precision.
Transparent
Fixed fees wherever the work allows. Clear timelines. No surprises. You know the cost before the work begins.
Human
Behind every mandate is a person with a real
decision to make. We remember that.
Our Core Practice Areas
01
Funds
INVESTMENT FUNDS · STRUCTURING · OPERATIONS
02
Foundations
CHARTER · BY-LAWS · GOVERNANCE
03
Digital Assets
LICENSING · COMPLIANCE · REGULATION
04
Corporate & Commercial
SPVS · SHA · CONTRACTS
05
Cross-Border Structuring
INDIA-UAE · LUXEMBOURG-UAE · SINGAPORE
06
Banking & Finance
LENDING · FINANCING · SECURITIES
07
Compliance & Regulatory
POLICIES · FRAMEWORKS · REPORTING
08
Disputes & Arbitration
LITIGATION · ARBITRATION · MEDIATION
09
Employment
CONTRACTS · POLICIES · ADVISORY
10
IP, Technology & E-Commerce
IP RIGHTS · TECHNOLOGY · DATA · ECOMMERCE
What Makes Us Different
We Lead With Documents
Most legal advisers stop at structuring advice. We produce the actual documents — PPMs, constitutions, fund agreements, foundation charters — drafted to the standard of a top-tier firm, at a boutique price.
Six Jurisdictions. One Practice.
DIFC, ADGM, Luxembourg, Mauritius, GIFT City India and Singapore— covered by practitioners with direct, hands-on experience in each framework. Not referrals. Not best-endeavours. Genuine multi-jurisdictional depth.
Digital Assets Is Not a Side Practice
VARA, DFSA, FSRA — our virtual assets practice covers licensing, compliance, tokenisation and digital asset fund structuring. We are one of the few UAE legal practices that can put a VARA strategy and a fund PPM on the same table.
We draft and review Private Placement Memoranda, Fund Constitutions, Limited Partnership Agreements, Investment Management Agreements, and Subscription Agreements for DIFC and ADGM funds. We also structure and document Luxembourg RAIFs, SIFs, and SOPARFIs, and Mauritius fund vehicles for GCC-based fund managers.
Foundation Governance & Succession Documents
DIFC and ADGM foundations are increasingly the structure of choice for family offices, private wealth and fund manager succession. We draft Foundation Charters, By-Laws, Letters of Wishes and Regulations — customised to the governance, beneficiary and succession requirements of each client. Not templates. Bespoke documents.
Virtual Assets, VARA Compliance & Digital Asset Fund Structures
The UAE’s virtual assets landscape across VARA, DFSA/FSRA and CMA is evolving rapidly, requiring advice that is both commercially grounded and aligned with regulatory expectations. We advise on licensing, structuring, compliance, tokenisation and legal risk across mainland Dubai, the DIFC and the ADGM, and also structure and document digital asset funds and Web3 vehicles. Few UAE boutiques combine deep fund structuring capability with virtual assets regulatory expertise in a single practice.
SPVs, Prescribed Companies & Bespoke Commercial Documents
We incorporate and document SPVs and Prescribed Companies in DIFC and ADGM — including Shareholders' Agreements, Board Resolutions, Investment Agreements and Co-invest SPV structures. We also draft and negotiate commercial contracts, service agreements and corporate governance documents for UAE mainland, free zone, DIFC and ADGM entities.
India / GIFT City legal
We provide end-to-end advisory on setting up and structuring within GIFT City, including AMCs, AIFs, IFSC Banking Units, insurance and reinsurance offices, aircraft and ship leasing, investment advisory entities, global in-house centres and any other capital market intermediaries (brokers, custodians, clearing corporations, depositary participant, portfolio manager, debenture trustees, registered distributors) and prepare documentation for financial products and services to be provided out of IFSC. We also advise on structuring and availment of various tax incentives and other benefits and concessions, procuring regulatory approvals and dispute resolution.
The Legal Practice Built Inside 10 Leaves
10 Leaves has been advising fund managers, startups and businesses in the UAE and across the region for two decades. We built a reputation for being the firm that actually does the work — publications, regulatory authorisations, fund launches, jurisdictional structuring — while keeping things commercially direct and clearly priced.Legability is the legal arm of that practice.
We bring together specialists in DIFC and ADGM fund law, VARA and digital assets regulation, Luxembourg fund structures, Mauritius vehicles, and the India–UAE legal corridor.
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Expertise Across the GCC,
Europe, India and Mauritius
Each member of the Legability team holds direct, practitioner-level expertise
in their jurisdiction and practice area.
Tell Us What
You’re Building
We work with fund managers setting up in DIFC, ADGM, Luxembourg or Mauritius; family offices structuring foundations and succession vehicles; and digital asset businesses navigating VARA, DFSA and FSRA. If you are in any of those situations — or somewhere adjacent — start a conversation. We respond within one business day.
UAE (DIFC · ADGM) | Luxembourg | Mauritius | GIFT City India | Singapore
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