Selected matters across our core practice areas. These are real mandates — chosen because they show what embedded, cross-border legal counsel actually looks like in practice. Client names are anonymised unless explicit consent has been given.
A major virtual asset exchange needed to formalise its Dubai mainland operations and secure the regulatory framework to expand across the Gulf and into Southeast Asian markets.
Full VARA application prepared and submitted within the agreed timeline. Licence secured, enabling GCC and Southeast Asia expansion. Ongoing compliance programme implemented post-licence. This is the market Esquare Legal was built for.
A European platform tokenising real-world assets needed legal architecture that satisfied securities law across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously without dismantling the commercial model.
Architecture implemented across three jurisdictions. Platform achieved 10x revenue increase post-restructuring. Token listed on major exchanges with full secondary market legal basis established.
A UAE payments company relocating to the UK needed a facility agreement operative under ADGM, FCA, and SBP frameworks simultaneously — in a product category where regulatory guidance was still evolving.
A major engineering group operating across the Middle East and Africa needed tax, governance, and operational alignment across multiple entities and jurisdictions simultaneously.
There was no regulatory framework for Buy Now, Pay Later in Pakistan. The product did not exist in law. QisstPay needed a licence for something the regulator had never issued.
Chinese investors entering one of the largest Belt and Road-adjacent urban development projects in Pakistan needed cross-border legal architecture that held across both regulatory systems simultaneously.
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