About the Publishers
About the Publishers
This guide is published jointly by 10 Leaves and Legability — two firms with complementary practices focused on the Dubai International Financial Centre.
10 Leaves — Corporate Services
10 Leaves1 is a corporate services firm specialising in the DIFC. Since 2012, the firm has advised hundreds of clients on:
- Entity incorporation and licensing across the DIFC's full range of company forms — Ltds, Private Companies, LLPs, Foundations, SPVs, and holding companies
- DFSA authorisation and ongoing compliance — from Category 4 representative-office mandates to full Category 1 banking licences
- Visa, immigration, and HR set-up — including DEWS registration, medical insurance, Emirates ID, and related processing
- Office and co-working solutions across Gate District, Gate Avenue, ICD Brookfield, and the DIFC Innovation Hub
- Ongoing regulatory, corporate secretarial, and accounting services
The firm also maintains a widely cited research library — 10 Leaves Publications — covering DIFC, ADGM, and other MEASA jurisdictions.
Legability — Legal Intelligence
Legability2 provides applied legal intelligence for firms operating in financial services, capital markets, data protection, and AI. Legability's work focuses on translating statute, regulation, and case law into operational guidance — briefing notes, regulatory memoranda, compliance frameworks, and dispute-readiness assessments — for general counsel, compliance officers, and senior executives.
Legability authored the Law & Regulation chapters of this guide (Part Two), the Foundations chapter in Part Three, and the Data Protection & AI chapter in Part Four.
How the guide is structured
Across the six Parts of this guide, commercial and operational content is led by 10 Leaves, while legal and regulatory content is led by Legability. Where a chapter is authored jointly, the Authored by byline reflects that. The visual treatment mirrors this division — 10 Leaves sections use the navy-and-gold palette, while Legability sections use a plum-and-gold palette with serif display type.
Disclaimer
This publication is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax, regulatory, or investment advice. Every factual claim has been sourced from official publications of the DIFC Authority, the DFSA, the DIFC Courts, UAE Federal and Dubai Government sources, or the first-party publications of 10 Leaves and Legability. Law and regulation in the DIFC evolve frequently; readers should obtain specific professional advice before acting on any material contained in this guide.
Editorial content current to Q2 2026. © 2026 10 Leaves & Legability. All rights reserved.
Rohit Bhatia Founder — 10 Leaves & Legability