10leaves.ae

What It Is

10 Leaves is a consultancy based in the UAE’s ADGM and DIFC, positioning itself on its website as “Consultancy For the Digital Age.” Its core offering is not low-cost, high-volume company formation, but helping financial and non-financial businesses establish a presence in Dubai International Financial Centre, Abu Dhabi Global Market, and Luxembourg, and obtain regulatory authorisations. The website clearly describes its services as turnkey: advising on the most suitable financial centre, preparing documents, communicating with regulators or registrars, and completing the relevant legal structuring.

Core Services and Coverage

Based on the available site content, 10 Leaves focuses on DIFC and ADGM company formation, financial services authorisations, compliance consulting, investment fund structuring, as well as CFO, accounting, HR, training, digitalisation, and legal support. Its case examples include investment banks, brokerage licences, asset management licences, exempt funds, qualified investor funds, ADGM SPVs, and umbrella fund structures. The website also highlights that it can act as a corporate service provider to set up ADGM SPVs for clients, without requiring the client to be physically present in ADGM.

Pricing and Processing Time

The main website content does not disclose fixed packages, government fees, professional service fees, or minimum pricing, nor does it specify standard timelines for DIFC, ADGM, or Luxembourg setups. Before purchasing, users need to obtain a customised quote by phone, email, or form submission. For financial licences, funds, and regulated businesses, custom pricing is understandable, but for budget-sensitive founders, it makes comparison shopping less efficient.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths lie in its strong vertical focus: it covers pre-setup advisory, regulatory authorisations, document preparation, outsourced compliance, CFO support, and legal assistance, making it suitable for financial-sector clients that need long-term compliance support. The team profiles also indicate solid experience in funds, law, financial structuring, and regional markets, while the firm emphasises process tools such as electronic signatures and real-time updates via Flock groups. The downside is that the website does not provide pricing, timelines, payment methods, Chinese-language support, or details on remote signing for Chinese clients, so transparency is limited. For customers who simply want to register a standard trading company or find the lowest-cost offshore setup, it may not be the best fit.

Who It’s For and Access From China

10 Leaves is better suited to fund managers, asset management firms, brokers, investment banks, fintech companies, family offices, cross-border investment structure sponsors, and international businesses looking to enter DIFC or ADGM. The website does not state whether it is accessible from mainland China, and payment methods are not disclosed. Chinese clients should first confirm by email whether remote KYC, cross-border payments, Chinese-language communication, and document certification requirements are supported. If the goal is only simple company registration, it is worth comparing local registration agents, accounting firms, or platforms specialising in UAE free zone incorporation at the same time.