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NeosLegal has been named the Middle East Technology Legal Team of the Year by Oath Middle East, highlighting its status as the UAE’s preferred crypto law firm for founders and institutions building regulated virtual asset businesses. The award recognises NeosLegal’s decisive role in structuring complex crypto, Web3, and virtual asset projects, and in building the legal and regulatory infrastructure underpinning the UAE’s position as a global crypto jurisdiction. Led by Irina Heaver, widely known as the UAE Crypto Lawyer, the firm designs the legal architecture behind regulated crypto markets, token ecosystems, and real-world asset tokenisation platforms across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the wider UAE. Operating at the intersection of crypto regulation, Web3 structuring, and market execution, NeosLegal advises founders, venture capital funds, institutions, and public-sector stakeholders on token issuance, licensing, DAO governance, and RWA tokenisation.

Founded in 2016 and led by Irina Heaver, NeosLegal has operated in crypto long before the sector became institutional, regulated, or mainstream. Since inception, the firm has structured more than 300 crypto, Web3, token, and virtual asset projects, advised multiple governments and regulators, and contributed directly to the drafting of crypto laws and regulatory frameworks. Many founders seek certainty from NeosLegal, and this award recognises the architecture that allows markets to exist, projects to scale, and regulation to function. Crypto doesn’t succeed on innovation alone; it succeeds when regulation, technology, and commercial reality are aligned.

NeosLegal’s work spans structuring and licensing crypto exchanges, broker-dealers, custodians, and market operators under UAE crypto regulatory frameworks. The firm also designs token issuance frameworks, including utility, governance, and asset-backed tokens, and structures DAO, foundation, and Web3 governance models. It advises on real-world asset tokenisation platforms and issuances, structures venture capital funds and digital asset investment vehicles, and provides private client advisory for crypto founders, investors, and family offices. NeosLegal has advised multiple governments and regulators and has drafted crypto and digital asset laws and regulations, contributing to regulatory frameworks that position the UAE as a leading crypto jurisdiction.