CONSILIUM ADVISORS
enabling innovation through policy
ABOUT US
Innovation outpaces the law. The law fails to understand innovation. Innovation remains apprehensive of the law. The cycle repeats.
At Consilium, we break this cycle - we help policy-makers develop enabling regulatory frameworks, and policy-shapers navigate complex ones.
Consilium is an advisory firm based in the UAE that advises throughout the lifecycle of policy in the innovation sector.
PUBLIC POLICY & ANALYSIS
Regulatory Trend Monitoring
Policy Benchmarking
Policy Position Development
EVALUATION & ENGAGEMENT
Industry Coalition Stakeholder Maps Roundtables
Advocacy
REGULATORY DESIGN
Regulatory Design Legislative Drafting Regulatory Roadmaps Industry Consultation
REGULATORY STRATEGY
Regulatory Impact Assessment
Regulatory Licensing Narrative Building
Regulatory Strategy
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Our clients sit on both sides of the policy table. Some are writing the rules, some are living by them. Most are trying to do both at once.
Governments and Regulators
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Companies
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Industry Bodies and International Organisations
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We work across the innovation economy, where regulatory change is moves fastest.
Digital Finance
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Platforms
FOUNDER
Ankita Dhawan is a technology lawyer and regulatory strategist based in Dubai. She has a decade of experience at the intersection of innovation, law and public policy.
She has advised governments and companies across South Asia, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Africa, working at every stage of the legal and policy lifecycle. For governments, she has drafted legislations, built special zones and developed sandboxes. She was a Member of the Drafting Committee for the Commonwealth Model Law on Stablecoins, and led the drafting of the Commonwealth Model Law on Virtual Assets. She is also a member of the Tech Experts Committee at the Asian International Arbitration Centre in Malaysia.
She has also advised some of the world's largest technology companies, including the world's virtual assets service providers, payment service providers, app-stores, platforms for e-commerce, ride-sharing and delivery, among others, on regulatory strategy, licensing, product launches and commercial positioning.
She began her career at Google, where she worked on policy enforcement.
She speaks English, Hindi, German, and Punjabi and is currently learning Arabic.
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laws and policies analysed
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clients advised
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countries she has worked in/with
