Most Web3 legal counsel stops at the border.
If you are building a protocol, a crypto exchange or a tokenised-asset platform with any connection to India or the UAE, you already know the problem: generic advice that misses the risks, or three firms across three jurisdictions that do not coordinate. Infinilex was built to close that gap. We operate in India, the UAE and the US ourselves, which is the corridor most of these businesses actually run on. The practice covers licensing and registration with VARA and FIU-IND, and MiCA CASP authorisation when the EU is the next market.
Built for the people coordinating three law firms today.
Founders
Launching tokens, building DeFi protocols, or tokenising real-world assets.
Exchanges and VASPs
Seeking VARA licensing in Dubai or FIU-IND registration in India.
Institutions
Structuring cross-border digital-asset products across the India and UAE corridor.
Web3 funds and DAOs
Needing structures that hold up across multiple jurisdictions, with a real legal wrapper.
We do not subcontract your matter to a correspondent firm and hope for the best. We handle the India, UAE and US work ourselves, because we operate in those jurisdictions every day; where the EU is the destination, we quarterback and manage the local counsel who file.
Seven workstreams, one practice.
Token launch and TGE legal frameworks
Classification in every jurisdiction your buyers sit in, issuer structure, token-holder terms and disclosures. Set before the sale, because you cannot reclassify after buyers have paid.
VARA licensing and UAE digital-asset compliance
Licence category analysis, the pre-application gap assessment, the application itself, and the compliance frameworks VARA and ADGM expect to see running, not written.
India VDA compliance and FIU-IND registration
FIU-IND registration as a VDA service provider, the AML programme that follows it, and the 30% VDA tax plus 1% TDS modelled into the business before it surprises you.
Multi-jurisdiction entity structuring
The foundation-plus-devco split, the UAE leg with real substance, the India leg with FEMA handled, and a structure a bank can read as coherent.
Real-world asset tokenisation
The legal bridge between the asset and the token: ownership, custody, transfer restrictions and the regulatory perimeter in each market you sell into.
Web3 fund and DAO structures
Fund vehicles for digital-asset strategies, and DAO legal wrappers, because without one, members can be treated as partners and carry personal liability.
MiCA authorisation and EU market access
The EU transitional period closed on 1 July 2026, so serving EU clients now means CASP authorisation. Infinilex runs the jurisdiction choice, group structure and application programme, with EU local counsel handling the regulator-facing filing. MiCA vs VARA, compared.
The same token answers to three rulebooks.
| Jurisdiction | Who regulates | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| India | FIU-IND (AML registration for VDA service providers), income tax authorities | Registration before you serve Indian users; 30% flat VDA tax with no loss set-off, plus 1% TDS on transfers |
| UAE | VARA (Dubai), ADGM / FSRA (Abu Dhabi), free zone authorities | Licence category depends on activity: exchange, custody, broker-dealer, issuance. Substance is the test, not the address |
| US | SEC and CFTC posture, FinCEN money-transmitter rules at federal level | If US persons can transact, the investment-contract test and MSB analysis come first, not after launch |
| EU | National competent authorities under MiCA, with ESMA coordination | CASP authorisation since the transitional period closed on 1 July 2026; one authorisation passports across the EU. Stablecoin products face the interest ban |
Positions change. This table is orientation, not advice; the readiness checklist walks the full sequence.
Sequence the structure before you launch.
Jurisdiction decides what you can do. Classification decides what the token is. Licensing, AML, banking and tax decide whether you can take real money for it. Get them in that order, before the token sale and before the data room, because almost none of it can be undone cleanly after the fact.