Sectors
CASA serves institutional virtual asset firms in the UAE — and the banks, asset managers, issuers and family offices increasingly working alongside them. Our clients are firms that take supervision seriously and pay for the discipline that keeps them inspection-ready.
The core of our practice — from first application to mature supervisory cycles.
International firms choosing a UAE jurisdiction and preparing a credible licence application. We own the pathway decision, the submission, the regulator dialogue and the operating-model build behind it.
How we engageAn Application Readiness Sprint, followed by the licensing programme itself, followed by a twelve-month compliance retainer that takes the firm into operations.
Licensed firms running daily compliance, onboarding and monitoring — and preparing for the next supervisory cycle. We sit alongside the in-house team as outsourced MLRO, CO or DPO, and run the operations pods underneath.
How we engageA monthly retainer with a named outsourced control function and a per-FTE-month operations pod. Reviewed every quarter, audited every year.
Issuers and projects designing a token, structuring an offering and navigating the regulatory pathway. We advise — we do not act as Issuer or Custodian. Where a formal legal opinion is required, we co-deliver with named counsel from our partner panel.
How we engageA fixed-fee feasibility and structuring phase, then retained advisory through issuance and post-launch supervision.
Conventional regulated firms adding a virtual asset perimeter — through permissions on the existing licence or a sister entity. We design the operating model, the controls and the board reporting, and stay close through the first inspection.
How we engageProgramme advisory paired with a Compliance Framework Attestation, with selected outsourced support during the build.
The investors and advisory firms that sit alongside our clients.
Allocators taking on virtual asset exposure for the first time, or formalising what already sits in the book. We design the governance, the suitability framework and the counterparty diligence — calibrated to the existing investment process, not bolted on.
How we engageA fixed-fee framework build, with a light-touch annual review.
Statutory audit firms, international counsel and regional venture capital — the firms that introduce, diligence and finance our shared clients. We hold a formal partner panel of three to four firms so referrals run both ways under documented terms.
How we engageReciprocal referral, co-delivered diligence on shared mandates, and joint inspection-readiness work.
Where we meet you
A licensing decision in front of you. A supervisory cycle approaching. Or an inspection finding that needs to close before the next board.
Pathway selection, business plan, submission, RI preparation, regulator dialogue and the banking access that has to be in place by go-live.
Outsourced MLRO, CO and DPO. Onboarding, transaction monitoring and sanctions pods. Lookbacks, remediation, training and the everyday discipline regulators expect to see.
Mock inspections, internal audit cycles, model validation and an independent Compliance Framework Attestation that goes to the board.
A short note about your firm and the immediate question is enough. We respond with where the work usually starts and what the first month looks like — not a generic capabilities deck.
