Get the structure right before it gets expensive.
Infinilex is a legal, compliance and structuring firm for founders building across India, the UAE and the US. One team with active practices in all three jurisdictions, from incorporation to IPO.
Most legal advice arrives late and in pieces.
A founder gets an opinion from one firm, a filing from another, and a structure nobody designed on purpose. We built Infinilex to work the other way. We start with the structure, we handle the work ourselves instead of passing it to a correspondent firm, and we stay with the company as it grows.
Legal stops being the thing that holds up the next round, the next hire, or the next market.
in founder fundraising advised on
in deal value advised and acted on
IPO and pre-IPO mandates, legal workstreams
Firm figures as of 2026.
The full life of a company, from the first entity onward.
Incorporation and corporate foundations
The entity set up for where the business is going, not only where it is today.
02Cross-border and global structuring
Holding and operating structures across India, the UAE and the US, built to survive the next round.
03Transactions and fundraising
From the instrument you raise on through the negotiation itself.
04Contracts and intellectual property
Commercial, founder and investor agreements, and the brand and technology underneath them.
05Compliance, secretarial and tax
AML, regulatory, secretarial, data-protection and tax frameworks, kept current as the rules change.
06Web3 and digital assets
VARA licensing, FIU-IND registration, MiCA authorisation, token structuring and token legal opinions. The corridor these businesses actually run on.
Three jurisdictions. One system.
| Jurisdiction | Regulators we work with | Typical vehicles | Role in the corridor |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | MCA · RBI (FEMA) · FIU-IND · income tax and GST authorities | Private limited company · LLP | The operating base: team, product, early revenue |
| UAE | VARA · ADGM (FSRA) · DMCC and other free zone authorities | Free zone company · onshore LLC | The growth market: Gulf revenue, holding with substance |
| US | Delaware Division of Corporations · federal tax and securities frameworks | Delaware C-corp | The capital market: US investors, the flip |
Note: table cells summarise where our work usually sits. Which regulator matters for you depends on your activity, not your postcode. The holding-company comparison walks through the decision.
One firm, three jurisdictions, no relay.
We run our own practices in India, the UAE and the US. Nothing is subcontracted to a correspondent firm: the people you meet are the people who deliver. Founders consistently mention Prashant's personal involvement, including on urgent matters at short notice.
“With their presence in both the US and India, Infinilex provides Indian founders with US-incorporated entities seamless guidance through the complex maze of compliance requirements.”
Four steps, in order.
Discovery
A diagnosis, not a formality. Your stage, jurisdictions and immediate risks, mapped in one call.
Structure
Designed so it holds up later, instead of needing to be undone during a raise.
Implement
No fragmented tasks and no loose ends. The filings, agreements and registrations, executed.
Maintain
Compliance kept current as rules change, without needing the founder in every loop.
What we tell founders before they sign.
The problems every Web3 and fintech founder runs into, and why where you build matters
A joint analysis with KGP Legal. Five decisions founders make too late, and how Singapore’s framework approaches each one.
FEMA compliance for export of services: eFIRC and Softex
Softex was retired on 1 October 2026. The monthly Export Declaration Form, realisation within nine months, EDPMS closure, chargebacks as a Regulation 6 reduction, and what Stripe, a cross-border payment aggregator or a merchant of record changes for an Indian SaaS exporter.
Registering a US company from India: Stripe Atlas and FEMA
Atlas, Firstbase or Clerky will form the Delaware entity; none of them files Form FC, gets the UIN or prepares the APR. Who the investor should be, when round-tripping bites, what a US entity just for Stripe still owes, and the late-fee fix if you already used Atlas.
DAO legal wrappers for India-founded protocols
A Cayman foundation company holds governance and treasury, a BVI TokenCo issues the token, and the foundation owns the TokenCo so that no founder in India makes ODI under Schedule III. Then POEM under section 6(10) and the FIU-IND perimeter for a wrapper that does anything for users.
Our comment letter on the SEC’s proposed Regulation Crypto Assets
Filed 6 October 2026 from the vantage point of non-US founders whose tokens reach US persons: admit non-US entities to the fundraising exemption on conditions, coordinate the exemptions with Regulation S, adapt the legality opinion to the Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 model, adopt Rule 400 with a no-admission provision, and allow reuse of MiCA and VARA disclosure with a reconciliation.
Your Dubai company is run from India: what POEM, UAE residency and QFZP substance decide
A Dubai company run from India is resident in India under section 6(10) of the Income-tax Act 2025. The three tests side by side, why a UAE TRC does not settle it, what replaced ESR, and the board hygiene that keeps POEM in Dubai.
MiCA reverse solicitation after 1 July 2026: what a non-EU exchange can still do
ESMA's 23 June 2026 statement leaves non-EU exchanges one narrow Article 61 carve-out, per client and per product. What defeats it, what a client-initiated relationship still allows, the evidence file ESMA expects, and the eight-step exposure and wind-down review.
What a Delaware flip from India costs and how long it takes
Official Delaware and RBI fees from the schedules in force, three dated third-party market ranges kept separate from any Infinilex fee, and the seven gating items that decide whether a flip closes in weeks or months.
The crypto travel rule in India, the UAE, the EU and the US
Four regimes, four thresholds: none under FIU-IND, AED 3,500 under VARA, no de minimis in the EU with EUR 1,000 only for self-hosted ownership checks, USD 3,000 in the US, plus the self-hosted wallet duty and an India-to-Dubai implementation sequence.
Moving to Dubai as an Indian founder: what changes on the day you leave
FEMA can make you non-resident on the day you leave while the Income-tax Act 2025 still counts your days, and a UAE certificate does not settle deemed residency. The account re-designation, LRS, ODI and TRC sequence, with every provision dated.
Reverse flip to India: the fast-track merger, the RBI position and the tax bill
Three routes back from Delaware or Singapore compared: the section 233 fast-track inbound merger under rule 25A(5), the share swap and the asset transfer, with the RBI deemed-approval question, the Income-tax Act 2025 amalgamation test and the US section 367 and 7874 exit.
What a utility token legal opinion has to show, and the features that break it
US federal securities law has no utility token category. What the conclusion has to survive under the SEC release, MiCA and the UAE regimes, and the features that break it.
Is my token a security? The US, EU, UAE and India tests side by side
Calling it a utility token decides nothing. How the US, the EU, the UAE and India each test a token, with one token run through every regime.
Crypto licence requirements by country in 2026
Ten activities against four regimes: FIU-IND in India, VARA in Dubai, MiCA in the EU and FinCEN in the US, with the condition that keeps each out cell out.
VARA licence cost, capital and timeline in Dubai
Fees per activity from Schedule 2, paid-up capital from the Company Rulebook, and why the capital is committed rather than runway.
DMCC vs ADGM vs IFZA vs mainland, from India
Four UAE seats compared on who registers the company, the QFZP tax test, mainland access, and the RBI leg most guides leave out.
Our response to the European Commission’s MiCA review consultation
Five positions from the firms complying from outside: make the passport real, a road back for the stranded cohort, and answers for the empty ART track.
Where should you issue a stablecoin? Six markets compared
The EU runs the only live, passportable track. Hong Kong has issued its first licences, the US is mid-rulemaking, the UAE forks at the dirham, Singapore stays narrow, India has no lane.
Where should you incorporate? Answer these five questions first
Incorporation is the last question, not the first. Activity, token classification, audience, flow of money and control decide it.
Launching a token from India: the legal sequence, and why the issuer usually sits in the UAE
India has no token-offering regime, and that is not permission. The launch order, the UAE issuer structure, and the India leg founders miss.
LRS vs ODI: how should an Indian founder hold shares in a foreign company?
LRS is the pipe; ODI is the character. When a foreign shareholding is overseas direct investment, the filings it brings, and the three-year window for fixing missed ones.
Self-custody meets institutional control: where the legal line actually sits
A joint analysis with Reah. Six regulators, six different custody tests for the same multi-sig wallet, and the label decides none of them.
MiCA vs VARA: where should your crypto business get licensed, the EU or Dubai?
The EU transitional period closed on 1 July 2026, and the register is now the market. When MiCA fits, when VARA fits, and when you need both.
Stablecoin yield across jurisdictions: a regulatory and product lens
A joint analysis with Coinstancy. How India, the UAE, the EU, Singapore and the US each treat stablecoin savings products, and why the same build cannot travel unchanged.
Delaware vs UAE vs India: where should your holding company sit?
The decision is made by where your customers, investors and revenue actually sit. A seven-dimension comparison, with the traps.
The Delaware flip from India: the sequence that decides what it costs
The flip is a share swap with FEMA, RBI and tax consequences on both sides of it. Done early it is clean. Done late, during a raise, it holds up the wire.
The checklists we run with clients, published.
The Web3 founder's legal-readiness checklist
Eight items, in the order they have to be done. You cannot reclassify a token after the sale.
The founder's India compliance calendar, FY 2026-27
The recurring statutory dates a private limited company should not miss. One page.
The founder's SHA exit-rights checklist
Seven clauses written at entry that decide what you walk away with at exit.
Who does Infinilex work with?
Founders and high-growth companies, from early stage to pre-IPO, across India, the UAE and the US. The strongest fit is a team operating in more than one of those jurisdictions, or about to be: raising abroad, expanding, or building in Web3 or fintech.
Can Infinilex handle cross-border structuring?
Yes. We run our own practices in India, the UAE and the US, so a multi-jurisdiction structure is designed as one system rather than stitched together by correspondent firms that never speak to each other.
How do engagements start?
With a discovery call. We look at your stage, jurisdictions and immediate risks, then scope the work as a fixed-scope project or an ongoing retainer. You see the plan and the cost before you commit to anything.
How much does Infinilex cost?
A fixed project fee or a monthly retainer. Common setup work is productised at a fixed fee. Pricing is scoped on the discovery call, once we know your stage and jurisdictions, so you are not paying enterprise rates for startup work.
Tell us where your customers, investors and team sit.
We will tell you what the structure should look like, and what it will take to get there. A 30-minute discovery call, free, with the founder.
Thirty minutes with Prashant Sharma, the founder, who does the work himself. You leave with next steps either way. Email is read by the founder and answered within one working day.