Your Partner for Licensing and Post-Licensing Support
Your Partner for Licensing and Post-Licensing Support
Your Partner for Licensing and Post-Licensing Support
Comprehensive Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Finance (GRCF) solutions for financial services firms in DIFC.
Comprehensive Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Finance (GRCF) solutions for financial services firms in DIFC.
Comprehensive Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Finance (GRCF) solutions for financial services firms in DIFC.
Trusted by over 1,000 financial services institutions across the GCC.
Trusted by over 1,000 financial services institutions across the GCC.
Talk to our DIFC Experts
Talk to our DIFC Experts
Speak with our Experts
Speak with our Experts
Speak with our Experts
Your Trusted Partner for DFSA Authorisation
Your Trusted Partner for DFSA Authorisation
Your Trusted Partner for DFSA Authorisation
200+
200+
200+
DFSA Active Mandates
DFSA Active Mandates
45 Days
45 Days
45 Days
Application Time
Application Time
+11 Years
+11 Years
DIFC Experience
DIFC Experience
What You Get
What You Get
What You Get
Comprehensive DFSA Licensing Support
90-day licensing
timeline
Comprehensive DFSA Licensing Support
End-to-end licensing advisory and execution for Fund and Asset Managers, Broker-Dealers, Crypto Firms, Fintechs, and Banks, from pre-application strategy to regulatory approvals.
End-to-end licensing advisory and execution for Fund and Asset Managers, Broker-Dealers, Crypto Firms, Fintechs, and Banks, from pre-application strategy to regulatory approvals.
End-to-end licensing advisory and execution for Fund and Asset Managers, Broker-Dealers, Crypto Firms, Fintechs, and Banks, from pre-application strategy to regulatory approvals.
Comprehensive Regulatory Functions Support
Outsourced and managed regulatory roles including Compliance Officers, MLROs, Finance Officers, Risk Managers, Data Protection Officers, and Company Secretarial support offering full DFSA and CBUAE compliance coverage.
Outsourced and managed regulatory roles including Compliance Officers, MLROs, Finance Officers, Risk Managers, Data Protection Officers, and Company Secretarial support offering full DFSA and CBUAE compliance coverage.
Outsourced and managed regulatory roles including Compliance Officers, MLROs, Finance Officers, Risk Managers, Data Protection Officers, and Company Secretarial support offering full DFSA and CBUAE compliance coverage.
Full Business Enablement
Full Business Enablement
Full Business Enablement
Seamless setup and ongoing support covering company incorporation, tax registration and filing, visas, HR administration, and corporate governance to help you operate with confidence from day one.
Seamless setup and ongoing support covering company incorporation, tax registration and filing, visas, HR administration, and corporate governance to help you operate with confidence from day one.
Seamless setup and ongoing support covering company incorporation, tax registration and filing, visas, HR administration, and corporate governance to help you operate with confidence from day one.
Why Financial Services Firms Choose Us for DIFC
Why Financial Services Firms Choose Us for DIFC
Why Financial Services Firms Choose Us for DIFC
“They translated our commercial strategy into a clear regulatory pathway, aligning our business model with DFSA expectations from day one. The result was a smooth licensing journey and approval ahead of schedule.”
“They translated our commercial strategy into a clear regulatory pathway, aligning our business model with DFSA expectations from day one. The result was a smooth licensing journey and approval ahead of schedule.”
“They translated our commercial strategy into a clear regulatory pathway, aligning our business model with DFSA expectations from day one. The result was a smooth licensing journey and approval ahead of schedule.”
Managing Director, Wealth Advisory Firm
How We Do It
How We Do It
How We Do It
Step 1: Plan
Step 1: Plan
Step 1: Plan
We translate your commercial strategy into a regulatory roadmap, identifying the right DFSA licence and structure.
We translate your commercial strategy into a regulatory roadmap, identifying the right DFSA licence and structure.
We translate your commercial strategy into a regulatory roadmap, identifying the right DFSA licence and structure.
Step 2: Prepare
Step 2: Prepare
Step 2: Prepare
Draft and compile all application components including the Regulatory Business Plan, financials, and supporting documents for submission within 30 to 45 days.
Draft and compile all application components including the Regulatory Business Plan, financials, and supporting documents for submission within 30 to 45 days.
Draft and compile all application components including the Regulatory Business Plan, financials, and supporting documents for submission within 30 to 45 days.
Step 3: Engage
Step 3: Engage
Step 3: Engage
We manage all DFSA interactions, respond to regulator queries, and secure your In-Principle Approval efficiently.
We manage all DFSA interactions, respond to regulator queries, and secure your In-Principle Approval efficiently.
We manage all DFSA interactions, respond to regulator queries, and secure your In-Principle Approval efficiently.
Step 4: Incorporate
Step 4: Incorporate
Step 4: Incorporate
Company setup, capital placement, and operational readiness handled in parallel with regulatory approval.
Company setup, capital placement, and operational readiness handled in parallel with regulatory approval.
Company setup, capital placement, and operational readiness handled in parallel with regulatory approval.
Step 5: Operationalise
Step 5: Operationalise
Step 5: Operationalise
Deliver regulator-approved policies and procedures, establish compliance frameworks, and integrate seamlessly with your business.
Deliver regulator-approved policies and procedures, establish compliance frameworks, and integrate seamlessly with your business.
Deliver regulator-approved policies and procedures, establish compliance frameworks, and integrate seamlessly with your business.
Step 6: Support
Step 6: Support
Step 6: Support
Provide ongoing compliance, risk, finance, and reporting oversight, ensuring sustained regulatory alignment post-licensing.
Provide ongoing compliance, risk, finance, and reporting oversight, ensuring sustained regulatory alignment post-licensing.
Provide ongoing compliance, risk, finance, and reporting oversight, ensuring sustained regulatory alignment post-licensing.
Combine Expert Advice With Compliance Intelligence
Combine Expert Advice With Compliance Intelligence
Combine Expert Advice With Compliance Intelligence
azakaw Integration
azakaw Integration
azakaw transforms compliance from a manual burden into a strategic advantage. By integrating regulatory workflows, risk monitoring, and reporting automation, we enable firms to launch faster, operate leaner, and scale confidently within a DFSA-compliant framework.
azakaw transforms compliance from a manual burden into a strategic advantage. By integrating regulatory workflows, risk monitoring, and reporting automation, we enable firms to launch faster, operate leaner, and scale confidently within a DFSA-compliant framework.
azakaw transforms compliance from a manual burden into a strategic advantage. By integrating regulatory workflows, risk monitoring, and reporting automation, we enable firms to launch faster, operate leaner, and scale confidently within a DFSA-compliant framework.
Reduce Cost and Risk
Centralised compliance monitoring minimizes errors and duplicate work, reducing total compliance overhead by up to 30%.
Empower Smarter Oversight
Empower Smarter Oversight
Real-time dashboards turn regulatory data into actionable insight, supporting better governance and investor confidence.
Real-time dashboards turn regulatory data into actionable insight, supporting better governance and investor confidence.
Accelerate Client Onboarding
Accelerate Client Onboarding
Accelerate Client Onboarding
Automated KYC/KYB and document processing let you onboard customers in minutes so your business can start operating and earning sooner.
Automated KYC/KYB and document processing let you onboard customers in minutes so your business can start operating and earning sooner.