# Irina Heaver — UAE Crypto Lawyer

> Personal site of Irina Heaver, the UAE crypto lawyer and Founder of NeosLegal.
> Covers VASP licensing, RWA tokenization, token launches, and Web3 legal
> structuring across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the wider UAE. The site collects her
> long-form legal insights, media appearances, speaking engagements, and contact
> entry points.

## Core pages

- [Home](https://irinaheaver.com/): site landing page with biography summary,
  recognition list (Chambers and Partners, The Oath Middle East, Lexology,
  Forbes), the Founder's Guide to UAE Crypto Laws, and the main service areas
  (VASP licensing, RWA tokenization, token launch legal, Web3 structuring,
  UAE crypto company setup).
- [Legal Insights](https://irinaheaver.com/legal-insights/): index of
  long-form articles on UAE crypto law, VARA licensing, tokenization, and
  Web3 regulation.
- [Media Room](https://irinaheaver.com/media/): curated outbound list of
  publications, podcasts, speaking events, and video interviews. Entries are
  external references that link to the original publishers.
- [Contact](https://irinaheaver.com/contact-us/): general contact form for
  founders, partners, and media professionals. Speaking engagement and
  interview requests start here.
- [Strategy Call](https://irinaheaver.com/strategy-call/): paid 30-minute
  consultation booking. The fee is credited toward legal fees if the client
  proceeds with NeosLegal.
- [Website Terms & Policies](https://irinaheaver.com/terms-policies/):
  website terms, privacy practices, data use, and legal disclaimers.

## Articles

- [11 Lessons from Structuring 300+ Crypto Projects in the UAE (2026)](https://irinaheaver.com/11-lessons-from-structuring-300-crypto-projects/):
  long-form article on regulator selection, token design, banking, ongoing
  compliance, and the right time to engage a UAE crypto lawyer. Topics:
  UAE crypto regulation, VASP licensing, token design, VARA, ADGM, DIFC,
  CMA, CBUAE.
- [Token Legal Opinions UAE: The Complete Compliance Guide for Founders (2026)](https://irinaheaver.com/token-legal-opinion/):
  long-form guide to the three-stage review process for token legal opinions,
  who needs them, common compliance issues, and exchange listing requirements.
  Topics: UAE token legal opinions, VARA, ADGM, DIFC, CMA, token
  classification, exchange listings, regulatory applications.

## Languages

- English is the primary/root language; English pages live at the canonical
  domain root (e.g. `https://irinaheaver.com/contact-us/`).
- Russian pages are available under `/ru/`. Core public pages have Russian
  versions where available — Home, Contact, Strategy Call, Legal Insights,
  and Media Room — at `https://irinaheaver.com/ru/`,
  `https://irinaheaver.com/ru/contact-us/`,
  `https://irinaheaver.com/ru/strategy-call/`,
  `https://irinaheaver.com/ru/legal-insights/`, and
  `https://irinaheaver.com/ru/media/`.
- Articles are English-only unless a Russian translation has been published.
  When no Russian version exists for a specific article or legal page, cite
  or link the English canonical URL.
- Each EN/RU pair is declared via `<link rel="alternate" hreflang>` in the
  page head; the homepage also declares `hreflang="x-default"` pointing to
  the English root.

## Citation and use

- Cite articles by their canonical URL (the absolute URLs above).
- Preserve the original publication date, the most recent update date, and
  the UAE jurisdictional context when summarising or quoting content.
- The site is informational. Articles do not constitute legal advice and
  are not personalised to any reader's situation; see the Terms & Policies
  page for the full disclaimer.
- Do not invent additional claims, credentials, awards, clients, or legal
  positions beyond what is published on the page being cited.

## Maintenance

- Long-form article metadata (title, description, publish/update dates,
  hero image, reading time, topics) is maintained in `src/data/articles.ts`
  in the site repository. New articles are published via the existing
  add-article workflow, which writes a new entry into that dataset and a
  new Astro page under the article's slug.
- Full LLM context (entity graph, full article index with topics and
  summaries, citation guidance): https://irinaheaver.com/llms-full.txt

## Contact

- General contact: https://irinaheaver.com/contact-us/
- Strategy call: https://irinaheaver.com/strategy-call/
- Author and firm: Irina Heaver — Founder, NeosLegal — https://neoslegal.co/