Hasanali Pirbhai

Associate Norton Rose Fulbright (Middle East) LLP

Dubai +971 (4) 3696387

Hasanali Pirbhai

Hasanali Pirbhai is a financial services and regulations lawyer based in Dubai.

Hasanali specialises in advisory and contentious financial services regulation. He regularly advises clients operating in the fintech and virtual asset space on all aspects of financial services regulation including on custody, product regulation and regulatory licensing. He has extensive experience assisting clients in complex regulatory investigations and enforcement actions in both the Dubai International Financial Centre and the Abu Dhabi Global Market.

Professional experience

Representative experience

OKX – assisting on obtaining a licence from Dubai's Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority.
Bybit – assisting on obtaining a license from Dubai's Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority.
Various funds – advising on the financial promotions regime in the UAE including DIFC and ADGM.
UAE broker/dealer – on the SCA retail client regime and re-drafting customer documentation.
Major energy company – on the regulation of voluntary carbon credits in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Confidential exchange – on setting up a voluntary carbon credits exchange in the ADGM.
A broker/dealer – on an FSRA investigation into alleged contraventions of ADGM and UAE Federal AML regulations.
A significant player in the FinTech sector - on an FSRA investigation into alleged contraventions of ADGM and UAE Federal AML regulations.
Various money services clients – on the UAE anti-money laundering regulations and on dealing with specific money-laundering events.
Various clients – defending on regulatory investigations and enforcement actions in both the DIFC and ADGM.

Education

Legal Practice Course, University of Law, 2020
Called to the Bar: 2018 (Gray's Inn)
Bar Professional Training Course, City University London, 2018
University of Edinburgh - Masters of Law in Commercial Law and Chinese, 2016
University of Kent - Bachelor of Laws (with a year abroad in Hong Kong S.A.R, 2014