Scaling and Protecting a DFSA and FSRA-regulated Firm Responsibly

Register to join us for a webcast on how DFSA- and FSRA-regulated firms can scale responsibly while strengthening governance, oversight, and operational resilience.

As firms expand into new markets, products, asset classes, or client segments, the challenge is not only to meet new regulatory requirements. Firms also need to ensure their governance, controls, and critical services can keep pace with change.

This session provides a practical framework for firms moving beyond initial authorisation. We will explore how to maintain regulatory credibility while growing, build operational resilience into the operating model, and strengthen the oversight needed to make well-governed decisions in a dynamic environment.

During our webcast, we’ll cover:

• Aligning governance with growth: How to ensure compliance, risk and oversight arrangements remain appropriate as the business expands.
• Identifying critical services and dependencies: How to understand the people, processes, systems, and third parties that support important business services.
• Managing cyber and third-party risk: Practical considerations for technology resilience, outsourcing oversight, and supplier concentration as operations mature.
• Scaling AI-enabled operations responsibly: How to maintain appropriate governance, human oversight, testing, and monitoring as AI-supported processes become more embedded in the business.
• Testing continuity and incident response: How to develop, test and maintain proportionate business continuity, crisis management, and communication arrangements.
• Strengthening board and senior-management oversight: The management information, escalation routes and governance cadence that support effective decision-making.
• Managing the regulatory implications of growth: What to consider when entering new markets, introducing products or strategies, or targeting new client segments.

Fill out the short form to register and gain access to the full series.

Speakers

• Clare Curtis, Head of UAE Regulatory Advisory, UAE Regulatory Advisory, ACA Effecta
• Clemmie Bowyer, Managing Director, UAE Regulatory Advisory,  ACA Effecta
• John de Freitas, Director, Cybersecurity and Risk, ACA Group
• Marc Salter, Managing Director, RegTech, ACA Group

Who Should Attend

• DFSA and FSRA-regulated firms seeking to expand
• Founders, senior leadership, and growth strategy teams
• Compliance, risk, legal, operations, technology, and cybersecurity professionals
• Global firms extending activities into or across the UAE

This is the final in a three-part webcast series about the UAE Launch, Grow, and Protect Journey. By signing up once, you will receive access to this event plus the following webcasts:

• Launching in the UAE and Navigating Regulatory Pathways
  22 October 2026 | 2:00 p.m. GMT | 5:00  UAE Standard Time
• Building Your DIFC or ADGM Firm During the Application Process
  10 November 2026 | 12:00 GMT | 4:00 UAE Standard Time

Each session will also be made available on demand after the live event.

Get your roadmap to entering the UAE and creating a structure that supports steady growth and long–term resilience. Register for the series here.