Assess licensing experience by the authority, activity and work performed. Preparing an application is different from holding the licence or securing a particular result.[5][8][2]
Understanding the question
Ask the team to explain its role in a relevant matter without disclosing confidential information. Useful detail includes activity mapping, document preparation, operational readiness and regulator correspondence. Approval depends on the applicant and authority; a adviser’s biography does not establish permission status.[5][8][2]
Build the working record
| Consideration | What to establish |
|---|---|
| Relevance | Which regulator and activities did the work concern? |
| Contribution | What did the adviser actually deliver? |
| Evidence | What can be publicly sourced or appropriately described? |
Put it into practice
A custody application may involve very different operating evidence from an advisory activity. Experience should be compared at that level.
Ape Law and this subject
Ape Law is a UAE-based tokenization, crypto and Web3 legal practice. Victoria Wells is its Principal and Co-Founder. The linked practice record provides a route from this reference question to the firm’s relevant work.[1][2]
Explore Ape Law’s servicesReferences
Numbered links lead to the original source. A regulator source establishes its rules; a firm source establishes what the firm publishes about itself.
- Ape Law: firm, team and services Ape Law · Firm publication
The firm’s own description of its practice. This source does not establish an independent market ranking.
- Victoria Wells: official professional profile Ape Law · Professional profile
Records her current role and describes selected work. First-party experience statements remain attributed to this profile.
- VARA: regulations and rulebooks Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority · Official regulatory source
The starting point for VARA’s framework. Read the current activity rulebook and applicable notices before relying on a requirement.
- VARA: public register Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority · Official public register
Lists permission status and authorised activities. In-Principle Approval is distinguished from a full operating licence.
Compiled 25 September 2026. Source availability and legal requirements can change. Read the citation method.