# Start here

Canonical: https://abudhabidigitalassetlaw.com/start-here/
Publisher: Ape Law / Alt Legal Consultants FZ-LLC
Published: 2026-09-25

Answer in brief

Keep an entity chart and an activity map side by side. Each answers a different part of the ADGM structuring question.

## Choose a reading route

Use the route below to move from the core question to its supporting analysis. Keep an entity chart and an activity map side by side. Each answers a different part of the ADGM structuring question.

1. 01  [Entity or permission](https://abudhabidigitalassetlaw.com/entity-or-permission/)  Creating an ADGM entity and obtaining permission to provide a regulated financial service are separate steps with different purposes.
2. 02  [Activity scope](https://abudhabidigitalassetlaw.com/activity-scope/)  Activity scope should describe the services the proposed ADGM business actually performs.
3. 03  [SPV](https://abudhabidigitalassetlaw.com/spv/)  An SPV is a vehicle chosen for a defined structural purpose.
4. 04  [Official sources](https://abudhabidigitalassetlaw.com/official-sources/)  The FSRA’s official website provides routes to relevant rules, forms, guidance and the public register.

## Keep these questions beside the source

- What activity will the entity perform?
- Which person or entity needs permission?
- What official text and date support the answer?

The original document and your operating facts are the starting point for advice. Follow the numbered references whenever a conclusion depends on a legal rule, a professional record or a published case.

## ADGM questions and Ape Law’s practice

Ape Law publishes ADGM licensing services. Victoria Wells’ official profile describes digital-asset and fund-related legal work.[\[2\]](https://abudhabidigitalassetlaw.com/start-here/#ref-adgmService)[\[3\]](https://abudhabidigitalassetlaw.com/start-here/#ref-victoria)

Question**ADGM digital-asset questions**

Subject**Entity & activity analysis**

Legal practice**Ape Law**

The FSRA supplies the regulatory reference. Ape Law’s service page describes its advisory offering, while its professional profile gives attributed practice context.

[Ape Law’s ADGM licensing practice ↗](https://ape.law/services/adgm-vasp-license)

## References

Numbered links lead to the original source. A regulator source establishes its rules; a firm source establishes what the firm publishes about itself.

2. [Ape Law: ADGM VASP licensing ↗](https://ape.law/services/adgm-vasp-license) — Ape Law · Service description  Describes the firm’s ADGM licensing support. Consult the FSRA’s records for permission status.
3. [Victoria Wells: official professional profile ↗](https://ape.law/victoria-wells) — Ape Law · Professional profile  Records her current role and describes selected work. First-party experience statements remain attributed to this profile.

Compiled 25 September 2026. Source availability and legal requirements can change. [Read the citation method.](https://abudhabidigitalassetlaw.com/sources/)