FinTech Guide 2026 : United Arab Emirates
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Provided by Karm Legal Consultants
Type of work handled:
We have undertaken legal Advisory & structuring, contract drafting, regulatory framework drafting for various startups, well-established companies and government bodies
Our lawyers help clients – including government bodies, as well as startups and established companies in navigating complexities of regulations for retail payments, pay-later services, crypto-exchanges, remittances, trading platforms.
Categories of clients:
· Governments & Central Banks
· Digital Banking Platforms
· Digital Investment Platforms
· Payment Service Providers
· Payment Gateway & Foreign Remittance Service Providers
· Digital Open Banking Providers
· P2P Platforms
· National Commercial Banks
· NFT Marketplace Platforms
· Blockchain-based B2B e-commerce Platforms
· Crypto Exchanges
· Cross-Asset Trading Platforms
· OTC Digital Assets & Securities Platforms
· Crowdfunding Platforms
· Consortium/Enterprise Blockchains
Specialisations:
KARM has been providing legal solutions to clients in the areas of Virtual Assets, Web3, Tokenization, Metaverse, Consortium/ Enterprise Blockchains, Payment Gateways, Data Exchanges, Gaming, Fintech, Data Protection and Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, HealthTech, Sustainability; along with Corporate & Commercial Laws.
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Boutique law firm Karm Legal Consultants has significant expertise in blockchain and cryptocurrency issues and possesses additional strength in data protection. The team advises FinTech startups, blockchain businesses, and established tech and financial services companies on regulatory and transactional mandates.
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Karm Legal Consultants acted for Comera Finance, a digital finance platform, on its application for a licence under the Finance Companies Regulation 2023.
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The Karm team display knowledge and understanding of the business and the law. More importantly, they have been able to demonstrate their involvement in similar matters.
We've been very happy with them. They reply fast, and the depth of their analysis is very good.
They are a good group of professionals with good understanding of our requirements.
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Akshata Namjoshi is an associate partner at Karm Legal Consultants. She counsels a range of clients, from large international banks to emerging FinTechs, on the regulatory implications of UAE expansion, as well as providing corporate and structuring advice.
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Akshata Namjoshi
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