Contracts, corporate documents and disputes, handled by lawyers who know your file.
- A written brief from your corporate file, so the lawyer starts from facts
- One hand-over: the corporate steps after the advice are picked up by us
- Legal fees in the legal engagement letter, ours itemised separately
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Who this is for
Four matters that cross the line from corporate to legal.
Each is a question a licensed lawyer has to answer; the brief that gets them there is ours.
Legal work on your file — a shareholder agreement, a commercial contract, an employment question, a regulatory position, a dispute, or the documentation behind an escrow or paymaster arrangement — is advised by lawyers licensed to practise in the UAE, under a legal engagement letter that names them. Velarozone briefs the lawyers from your corporate file, coordinates the work and carries out the corporate steps that follow; it is not a law firm and does not give legal advice.
Situation
Where a lawyer comes in.
Corporate services stop where legal advice starts. These are the four matters that most often cross the line.
Two founders, one memorandum
The standard memorandum says less than you need. A shareholders' agreement says the rest: reserved matters, exits, what happens when you disagree.
→Buying or selling a business
Share purchase or asset purchase, the due diligence behind it and the approvals a change of control needs.
→Hiring, restructuring or parting ways
Employment terms, incentive schemes and the law applied to your facts before a decision is made.
→An escrow or paymaster arrangement
The agreement behind the funds has to be drafted properly, and the escrow agent has to be named in it.
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Scope
What you get, and what we never do
What is included
- A written brief for the law firm drawn from your corporate file, so the matter starts from the facts.
- Lawyers licensed to practise in the UAE, matched to the matter and the forum, engaged under a letter that names them.
- Coordination of documents and information between you, the firm and any authority.
- The corporate steps that follow the advice — filings, registers, resolutions — carried out by us.
- One point of contact across the legal and corporate work.
What is not
- Legal advice from Velarozone, in any form.
- Legal fees, which are quoted and billed under the legal engagement letter.
- Any promise about the outcome of a dispute, a negotiation or a regulatory question.
- Notarisation, attestation and court fees, which are charged by the body concerned.
What it costs
Two engagement letters, nothing hidden inside either.
The law firm bills its own fees; ours are itemised separately. Both are written down before anything is spent.
The law firm's fees
Quoted by the law firm under its own engagement letter — a fixed fee for a defined document, time-based for advice and disputes — and paid to the firm. We never publish them for the firm.
The Velarozone service fee
Our coordination — the brief, the hand-over to the lawyers, the corporate follow-through — is itemised in your engagement letter, separately from anything the law firm bills.
Third-party charges
Notarisation, attestation, court and authority fees are charged by the body concerned and passed through at cost, itemised.
Before anything is spent
The scope is written down first: what is a legal matter for the firm, what is a corporate task for us, and what each will cost you.
A fee for legal work is the law firm's to quote; a fee for corporate work is ours, and it is in the letter.
Compared
Four ways to get legal work done, side by side.
The question is not whether you need a lawyer but where the lawyer starts and who picks up afterwards.
How the four routes answer the same five questions.
Who advises
- Through Velarozone
- A licensed lawyer, under the firm's own engagement
- A law firm approached directly
- A licensed lawyer
- Online templates
- Nobody: a document, not advice
- In-house counsel
- Your employee, if licensed to advise on UAE law
Where the lawyer starts
- Through Velarozone
- From a written brief drawn from your corporate file
- A law firm approached directly
- From a blank page and your explanation
- Online templates
- From a form
- In-house counsel
- From inside the business
The corporate steps after the advice
- Through Velarozone
- Picked up by us without a second hand-over
- A law firm approached directly
- Yours to arrange, or the firm's at its rates
- Online templates
- Yours
- In-house counsel
- Yours, or ours if engaged
Billing
- Through Velarozone
- The firm's fees under its engagement; our fee itemised separately
- A law firm approached directly
- The firm's fees
- Online templates
- A subscription or a one-off price
- In-house counsel
- A salary, a visa and a desk
Fits best
- Through Velarozone
- A company that already has a file with us and a matter to resolve
- A law firm approached directly
- Litigation today, or a relationship you already have
- Online templates
- A low-value document with no counterparty
- In-house counsel
- Constant legal work across a group
| Through Velarozone | A law firm approached directly | Online templates | In-house counsel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who advises | A licensed lawyer, under the firm's own engagement | A licensed lawyer | Nobody: a document, not advice | Your employee, if licensed to advise on UAE law |
| Where the lawyer starts | From a written brief drawn from your corporate file | From a blank page and your explanation | From a form | From inside the business |
| The corporate steps after the advice | Picked up by us without a second hand-over | Yours to arrange, or the firm's at its rates | Yours | Yours, or ours if engaged |
| Billing | The firm's fees under its engagement; our fee itemised separately | The firm's fees | A subscription or a one-off price | A salary, a visa and a desk |
| Fits best | A company that already has a file with us and a matter to resolve | Litigation today, or a relationship you already have | A low-value document with no counterparty | Constant legal work across a group |
Process
How the work is sequenced
Each stage has its own dependencies and we report progress against them, not against one overall date.
- 01
Scope
We identify what in your question is a legal matter and what is a corporate task, and write the brief.
- 02
Engage
The lawyers are briefed, the legal engagement letter is issued and its fees are agreed with you before work starts.
- 03
Advise and draft
The firm advises, drafts and negotiates. We supply the corporate facts it needs as it needs them.
- 04
Follow through
The filings, register entries and resolutions the advice calls for are completed by us and recorded on your file.
Who advises, and who bills
Legal advice is given by lawyers licensed to practise in the UAE, under a legal engagement letter with you that names them. Their fees are set out in that letter, their invoices are their own and they carry professional responsibility for the advice, as the law requires of anyone giving it.
Velarozone coordinates: the brief, the flow of documents and the corporate steps afterwards. That is billed as the Velarozone service fee on our own invoice, itemised in our engagement letter with you, and it is never a share of the legal fees.
Guides
Read before you instruct
Common questions
Straight answers
- Can Velarozone give me legal advice?
- No. We are a corporate-services and advisory firm, not a law firm. Where your question needs a lawyer, it is answered by lawyers licensed to practise in the UAE under a legal engagement letter that names them, briefed from your file.
- Who do I pay for the legal work?
- The law firm, on its own invoice, under its own engagement letter. Our coordination is billed separately as the Velarozone service fee. You will see two invoices from two firms for two different things.
- Why not go to a law firm directly?
- You can, and for an urgent dispute you should. The value we add is the brief — the lawyer starts from your structure, your shareholders and your history rather than discovering them — and the corporate follow-through once the advice is given.
- Which courts hear a dispute involving my UAE company?
- It depends on what the contract says and where the company is registered. The onshore courts, the DIFC Courts and the ADGM Courts each have their own jurisdiction and rules. Which forum applies, and whether it should, is a question for the law firm.
- Can the law firm draft our escrow agreement?
- Yes, and it should. The escrow agreement names the escrow account and the licensed institution holding it, sets the release conditions and is signed by every party. We coordinate it with the escrow service; the lawyers draft and advise on it.
Tell us the matter and we will brief the right firm
Describe what you need — the agreement, the contract, the employment question, the dispute. We reply with what is a legal matter, what is a corporate task and how the lawyers would be briefed.
Free assessment — current figures are confirmed within your adviser-reviewed route comparison. Your details are not shared with third parties.
Know your route before you file.
Tell us how you intend to operate and we will identify the questions, structure paths and preparation steps an adviser should assess. It is a planning tool, not legal, tax, immigration or banking advice.
Sources
- UAE Ministry of Justice — regulation of the legal profession
- Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department — advocate and legal consultant registers
- DIFC — the DIFC Courts
- ADGM — the ADGM Courts
Legal notes and scope
Velarozone provides setup and operational-readiness coordination. This page is general information, not legal, tax, immigration, or banking advice.
This page is general information about UAE business setup, not legal, tax, immigration, or banking advice. Rules, fees, permitted activities, and bank policies can change. Final eligibility depends on your facts and the applicable rules at the time of application.
Velarozone is not a law firm, is not licensed to practise law in the UAE and does not give legal advice. Legal advice is given by a licensed law firm under its own engagement letter, and the firm alone is responsible for it.