Ali F. Khan is a co-founder of AS Legal Consultants and leads the Emerging Technologies practise. He is a solicitor of the courts of England and Wales and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2015. Ali has worked on frontier law matters globally for half a decade, formerly as a legal innovation fellow at the Charter Cities Institute and participated in the working groups working towards the formation of VARA in 2022. Prior to AS Legal, Ali spent more than a decade working for international law firms or in an in-house capacity for firms in, or doing regular business with, the UAE. He is the founding co-chairman of the Web3 Special Interest Group of the Institute of Directors in the UK and a member of the Middle East Stablecoin Association.

Ali F. Khan is a co-founder of AS Legal Consultants and leads the Emerging Technologies practise. He is a solicitor of the courts of England and Wales and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2015. Ali has worked on frontier law matters globally for half a decade, formerly as a legal innovation fellow at the Charter Cities Institute and participated in the working groups working towards the formation of VARA in 2022. Prior to AS Legal, Ali spent more than a decade working for international law firms or in an in-house capacity for firms in, or doing regular business with, the UAE. He i...

Publications

Blockchain & Cryptoassets Law Guide

Co-author of the United Arab Emirates - Market Insights and United Arab Emirates chapters in the Blockchain & Cryptoassets Law Guide , published 5 October 2026 , alongside Anas Bhurtun .