Volume I . Number 1
UAE . DIFC . ADGM
Turnaround
Minutes, not weeks
Seconds for the brain. Hours for a signed output.
Signature
Advocate-signed
A UAE-licensed advocate signs every binding output.
Grounding
Cited to the article
Every clause traces to the statute it relies on.
Corpus volume . live
The brain handles intake, retrieval, generation and refusal. The advocate handles binding judgment, sign off, and anything the corpus cannot authoritatively answer. Both sides share the same Matter, which preserves the audit trail for seven years.
Intake
Type the matter, paste the document, or upload the PDF. WhatsApp forwarding opens when our WABA clears. We classify the matter type, confirm the jurisdiction, and queue it to the right desk.
Approx. timing, seconds
Brain
Corpus grounded retrieval over UAE Federal statutes, DIFC and ADGM regulations, free zone rulebooks and regulator guidance. Every clause is cited to the article it relies on. The output lands in UAE format, with a SHA-256 provenance stamp.
Approx. timing, minutes
Advocate
Information work ends with the brain. Binding work routes to Layer 2: our UAE licensed advocate, who signs on firm letterhead with his Bar number against his professional indemnity. Turnaround twenty four to seventy two hours.
Approx. timing, hours
Every reply traces back to the statute. No hallucinated case law, no generic chatbot summaries. The article number is part of the answer.
What is the maximum non-compete period for a UAE startup hire?
Two years from the end-of-service date, with reasonable geographical scope under 50 km. This is set by Article 10 of Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021 (the UAE Labour Law). Anything longer is unenforceable in MOHRE complaint or DIFC employment court.
Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021, Article 10view in portal§ III/The comparison
Sanad against the old route
We do not replace the advocate. We change everything before and around him. The brain does the reading, the drafting and the triage at software speed. The advocate keeps the binding judgment and the signature. Here is how the two routes line up.
§ IV/The index
Six desks, open to founders
DRAFT
Twenty nine UAE templates. NDA, SAFE, MOHRE rider, services and more.
Open→.02TRIAGE
Thirty second plain English red flags. Paste the document or upload the PDF.
Open→.03COUNSEL
Cited from the corpus. Federal statutes, DIFC and ADGM regulations, free zone rulebooks.
Open→.04REVIEW
Clause by clause, template benchmarked, founder friendliness scored against UAE law.
Open→.05CAP TABLE
Upload SAFE, Term Sheet, Founders Agreement and Articles. We surface conflicts before they kill your round.
Open→.06CORPUS
Type a question or a legal term and see the cited articles. Nineteen thousand indexed.
Open→§ V/Practice areas
6 desks live
Six practice areas, each grounded in a verbatim corpus extracted from UAE legislation portals, DIFC and ADGM databases and the regulators’ own published material. Where the corpus is thin, we say so and route the question to our advocate. We do not template against foreign jurisdictions.
§ VI/Featured counsel
From the corpus, this week
UAE LABOUR LAW . FEATURED
Article 10 of Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021 caps the post-termination non-compete at two years from the end-of-service date, with reasonable geography. MOHRE complaint panels and the DIFC employment court both strike out anything longer, and a generic five-year clause copy-pasted from a US template will not survive a single hearing.
Read the full counsel→§ VII/Recent counsel
Three from the corpus
Brief I
UAE LABOUR LAW
Two years, reasonable geography. MOHRE strikes anything longer. The clause that costs founders a hire every quarter.
Read full ruling→Brief II
DIFC EMPLOYMENT
Six months, no rolling extensions, written notice required. The DIFC court reads this strictly.
Read full ruling→Brief III
DATA PROTECTION
Article 22(1)(a) admits EU residency during launch. Migration to UAE-resident infrastructure is the cleaner path.
Read full ruling→§ VIII/Regulatory posture
Six provisions
UAE Federal Law 23 of 1991 restricts the practice of law to licensed advocates. We hold to that line. Information work is done by the brain. Binding work is signed by our advocate against his Bar number and his professional indemnity. Below are the six provisions that let us put a lawyer’s name on a software generated output.
UAE Bar legal committee notice filed. Product framed as a legal information platform. Binding outputs are signed by a licensed advocate.
Advocate PI policy extended to AI assisted advice via written broker endorsement.
Platform side errors and omissions policy covers software defects and data breach exposure. Broker quotes received.
Personal data stored in Supabase EU central under PDPL Article 22(1)(a). Migration to G42 Khazna scheduled for month three.
Deterministic riba, gharar and maysir rules engine. Fourteen of fourteen seed tests pass. False positive rate under five per cent.
Every output carries an immutable provenance stamp: corpus version, model version, retrieved chunks and advocate validation. Seven year reconstruction guarantee.
§ IX/The questions
7 answered
The line between information and advice, who carries the signature, where the law comes from, and what it costs. If your question is not here, ask the brain — it cites its source.
The brain provides general legal information, grounded in a verbatim UAE corpus and cited to the article. It is not, on its own, legal advice, and using it forms no advocate-client relationship. The moment work becomes binding, it routes to a licensed advocate who signs it.
A UAE-licensed advocate, regulated by the UAE Bar. He reviews the clause, signs on firm letterhead against his Bar number, and stands behind it with professional indemnity endorsed for AI-assisted advice. The brain never signs.
A verbatim corpus extracted from UAE Federal legislation portals, the DIFC and ADGM databases, and the regulators’ own published material — around 270 source documents, 19,000 indexed chunks, versioned. Every answer cites the article it relies on. Where the corpus is thin, we say so and route to the advocate.
Asking the brain is free. Drafting and advocate-signed binding work each carry a flat fee per matter, quoted up front before any clause is written — no retainer and no billable hour. Complex matters are quoted in advance.
UAE Federal law, the DIFC and ADGM common-law jurisdictions, and the major free-zone rulebooks, across all seven emirates. We do not template against foreign jurisdictions and we do not localise a US or UK draft and bill it as bespoke.
Personal data is held under UAE Federal Decree-Law 45 of 2021 (PDPL). During launch it is hosted in EU residency under Article 22(1)(a) and is migrating to UAE-resident infrastructure at G42 Khazna. Every output carries an immutable SHA-256 provenance stamp readable for seven years.
The brain answers in seconds and drafts in minutes. A binding output that needs the advocate’s signature turns around in 24 to 72 hours, depending on complexity.
§ X/The advocate
Of counsel
“A platform with a lawyer’s name on the output is only as strong as the lawyer behind it.”
Our founder is a practising UAE advocate, regulated by the UAE Bar, with professional indemnity endorsed for AI assisted advice. He validates every clause in the library. He reviews every corpus update before it goes live. He signs Layer 2 documents on firm letterhead with his Bar number, and the signature carries to a verifiable provenance trail readable for seven years.
We do not market the advocate’s practice publicly until the UAE Bar pre clearance process completes. Full advocate profile, firm details and Bar number publish at launch.