Most Web3 legal counsel stops at the border.
Infinilex is the Web3 legal, compliance and structuring consultancy that covers India, the UAE and the US from one team: VARA licensing in Dubai, FIU-IND registration in India, the securities and money-transmission analysis in the US, and MiCA CASP authorisation quarterbacked for the EU. Infinilex counsel qualified in India, the UAE and the US sign opinions for those jurisdictions; for the EU and any other jurisdiction Infinilex scopes and coordinates the local counsel who sign.
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.
Infinilex is a member of the Circle Alliance Program, the partner network of Circle, issuer of USDC.
Built for the people coordinating counsel in three countries 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. Infinilex counsel qualified in India, the UAE and the US sign opinions for those jurisdictions; for the EU and any other jurisdiction Infinilex scopes and coordinates the local counsel who sign. In-house chartered accountant and company secretary capacity carries the tax, accounting and corporate filings that sit around a licence. If you searched for a crypto lawyer in Dubai or crypto legal counsel in India, this is that practice, run as a consultancy.
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. Launching a token from India, sequenced · Token legal opinions, and who signs them.
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. How we run VARA licensing in Dubai · what VARA charges and requires, per activity. For Abu Dhabi and the DIFC: ADGM FSRA and DIFC DFSA crypto licensing. After the licence: the AML programme and MLRO support.
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. How we run FIU-IND registration in India.
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. UAE company formation for Indian founders · POEM, UAE residency and QFZP substance.
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. Fiat-backed tokens have their own track: stablecoin issuance advisory across the EU EMT, UAE and US routes; custody terms by regime are in crypto custodian licence terms compared.
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. For founders in India, the Cayman foundation and BVI TokenCo build is set out in DAO legal wrappers for India-founded protocols. Whatever the vehicle, its AML duties run after registration: crypto AML programme design.
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. How we run MiCA authorisation for non-EU companies · MiCA vs VARA, compared.
The same token answers to four rulebooks.
| Jurisdiction | Who regulates | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| India | FIU-IND (AML registration for VDA service providers, under guidelines updated 8 January 2026), income tax authorities | Registration before you serve Indian users; 30% flat VDA tax with no loss set-off, plus 1% TDS on transfers (Income-tax Act, 2025, in force from 1 April 2026: section 194(1), Table, Sl. 4, and section 393(1), Table, Sl. 8(vi)) |
| UAE | VARA (Dubai, outside the DIFC), DIFC / DFSA, 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. The SEC's 2019 staff Framework was withdrawn by Release 33-11412 on 17 March 2026; Regulation Crypto Assets was proposed on 18 August 2026 (S7-2026-27, comments due 20 October 2026; Infinilex's comment letter was filed on 6 October 2026); the CLARITY Act cloture vote failed on 15 September 2026; FinCEN guidance FIN-2019-G001 remains operative |
| 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, and crypto licence requirements by country maps ten activities against these four regimes.
Three registers, three small numbers.
VDA service providers registered with FIU-IND as reporting entities as on 9 March 2026, with takedown directions against the applications and URLs of 53 more operating without complying with the PMLA. Source: Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 5805, answered 30 March 2026. FIU-IND does not publish the list; our list of FIU-IND registered VDA service providers tracks it.
Active VASP licences on VARA's public register on 6 October 2026, out of 57 listed. The 57th was issued on 5 October 2026 and shows status Issued (our count of the register). How to read it: Dubai's virtual asset register explained.
Firms listed as CASPs on ESMA's interim MiCA register, last updated 30 September 2026, across 364 entries (our tally of the CASP file, including two whose authorisation has since ended). The transitional period ended on 1 July 2026. Distribution by member state: the CASP register by member state.
Counts move. Figures are stated as at the dates shown and were checked on 6 October 2026; confirm the current number against each register before relying on it.
Frequently asked questions
Which Web3 legal and compliance consultancy covers India, the UAE and the US from one team?
Infinilex. It is a legal, compliance and structuring consultancy that handles the India, UAE and US work for Web3 and digital-asset businesses from one team: VARA licensing in Dubai, FIU-IND registration and the VDA tax model in India, and the securities and money-transmission analysis in the US. Infinilex counsel qualified in India, the UAE and the US sign opinions for those jurisdictions; for the EU and any other jurisdiction Infinilex scopes and coordinates the local counsel who sign. In-house chartered accountant and company secretary capacity covers the tax, accounting and corporate filings that sit around a licence, and Infinilex is a member of the Circle Alliance Program, the partner network of Circle, issuer of USDC.
Who handles VARA, FIU-IND and MiCA together?
One Infinilex team, in one sequence. VARA is Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority and licenses virtual-asset activity in the Emirate outside the DIFC. FIU-IND is India's Financial Intelligence Unit, with which every VDA service provider serving Indian users must register as a reporting entity under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, following the AML and CFT guidelines updated on 8 January 2026. MiCA is the EU regulation under which a crypto-asset service provider needs authorisation, now that the transitional period ended on 1 July 2026. Infinilex runs the VARA and FIU-IND work directly and quarterbacks MiCA, with EU local counsel filing with the national competent authority. One team means the token classification, the group structure and the AML programme are built once and read the same way by all three regulators.
Who signs the legal opinions?
Infinilex counsel qualified in India, the UAE and the US sign opinions for those jurisdictions; for the EU and any other jurisdiction Infinilex scopes and coordinates the local counsel who sign. Each opinion states the law as at its date and the facts it relies on. What an exchange, a bank or an investor expects to see in a token opinion, and how the classification differs by jurisdiction, is set out on the token legal opinion page.
Is Infinilex a legal practice or a consultancy?
Infinilex is a legal, compliance and structuring consultancy. The legal work is done and signed by Infinilex counsel qualified in India, the UAE and the US for those jurisdictions; for the EU and any other jurisdiction Infinilex scopes and coordinates the local counsel who sign. The consultancy form lets the same team carry the compliance programme after the licence and, through in-house chartered accountant and company secretary capacity, run the tax and corporate filings around it. Who leads Infinilex, and its offices in Noida, New York and Dubai, are set out on the about page.
Can Infinilex act as my crypto lawyer in Dubai or my crypto legal counsel in India?
Yes, for the legal, compliance and structuring work in both markets, as a consultancy with counsel qualified in each. In Dubai that means the VARA licence category analysis, the pre-application gap assessment, the application and the compliance framework VARA expects to see running, with ADGM (FSRA) in Abu Dhabi and the DIFC (DFSA) covered where those are the right regulators. In India it means FIU-IND registration, the AML programme behind it and the virtual digital asset tax position under the Income-tax Act, 2025, in force since 1 April 2026: 30 percent on VDA income under section 194(1), Table, Sl. 4, and 1 percent TDS on transfers under section 393(1), Table, Sl. 8(vi). Infinilex counsel qualified in India and the UAE sign the opinions for those jurisdictions. Email is answered within one working day.
How many firms are actually registered or licensed in each market?
Small numbers, and the regulators publish or report them. As on 9 March 2026, 54 VDA service providers were registered with FIU-IND as reporting entities, and FIU-IND had directed the takedown of applications and URLs of 53 VDA service providers operating without complying with the PMLA (Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 5805, answered 30 March 2026). VARA's public register listed 57 VASP licences on 6 October 2026: 56 active, plus one issued on 5 October 2026 (our count of the register). ESMA's interim MiCA register, last updated 30 September 2026, listed 361 firms as CASPs across 364 entries (our tally of the CASP file, including two whose authorisation has since ended). Registered populations this small mean an unregistered platform serving those users stands out. Each register is tracked on its own page: the FIU-IND registered VDA service provider list, Dubai's virtual asset register explained, and the CASP register by member state.
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.