Establish your business in the UAE. Build it correctly from day one.

The UAE has many jurisdictions. We help you choose the right one.

There is no single "best" place to establish a company in the UAE. The right structure depends on what you are trying to do — your activity, your shareholders, where your customers and employees are, whether you need to operate on the mainland, and how the company will be taxed and banked.

JAFZA supports structures including FZE, FZCO and branches, with trading, service, industrial and logistics licences. ADGM provides incorporation and registration for legal entities and operates under an English common-law-based legal framework. DIFC accommodates both financial and non-financial businesses, with specific regulatory requirements for financial firms — for example, a DIFC commercial licence does not by itself authorize financial activities that require a DFSA licence.

We help you choose the jurisdiction based on your business — not the other way around.

From idea to incorporated company.

We coordinate the incorporation process with the relevant UAE authorities and professional partners.

• Jurisdiction selection
• Business activity selection
• Legal structure and shareholder structure (corporate or individual shareholders, parent company structures)
• UAE subsidiaries and branches of foreign companies
• Trade name registration and initial approvals
• Memorandum & Articles of Association
• Incorporation documentation and licensing
• Registered office / workspace
• Government registrations

• Selección de jurisdicción
• Selección de la actividad comercial
• Estructura legal y estructura accionaria (accionistas corporativos o individuales, estructuras de empresa matriz)
• Subsidiarias y sucursales en los EAU de empresas extranjeras
• Registro de nombre comercial y aprobaciones iniciales
• Memorando y Estatutos de Constitución
• Documentación de constitución y licenciamiento
• Oficina registrada / espacio de trabajo
• Registros gubernamentales

For mainland companies, the UAE process generally involves selecting the activity and legal form, obtaining initial approval, registering the trade name, securing premises and obtaining any required additional approvals. For free zones, the available legal entities and requirements differ by authority.

Our role is to coordinate the process and make sure the structure makes sense before you commit.

Keep the company operational after incorporation.

We can coordinate:

• Accounting — monthly bookkeeping, financial statements
• Tax — Corporate Tax and VAT compliance
• Payroll — salary administration and related processes
• Financial Reporting — management accounts and shareholder reporting
• Compliance Calendar — tracking recurring corporate and regulatory obligations
• Audit — coordination with external auditors where required

• Contabilidad — teneduría de libros mensual, estados financieros
• Impuestos — cumplimiento del Impuesto Corporativo y del IVA
• Nómina — administración salarial y procesos relacionados
• Reportes Financieros — estados de gestión e informes a accionistas
• Calendario de Cumplimiento — seguimiento de obligaciones corporativas y regulatorias recurrentes
• Auditoría — coordinación con auditores externos cuando se requiera

The FTA operates Corporate Tax registration through EmaraTax, and VAT registration is handled through the same system.

Bringing your team to the UAE.

A successful soft landing is not only about the company — it's about getting your people operational. We coordinate:

• Employee and founder/shareholder visas, work permits
• Employment contracts and payroll setup
• Health insurance coordination and HR administration
• Employee onboarding and local employment requirements

• Visas de empleados y de fundadores/accionistas, permisos de trabajo
• Contratos laborales y configuración de nómina
• Coordinación de seguro médico y administración de RR.HH.
• Incorporación de empleados y requisitos laborales locales

UAE private-sector employers are subject to labour regulations, including requirements around the employment relationship and wage payments (Wage Protection System).

You don't know the UAE market yet. That's where we help.

International companies often arrive with a company structure but no local operating network. We help coordinate introductions to lawyers, accountants, auditors, banks, insurance companies, HR and recruitment providers, PRO services, corporate service providers, real estate and office providers, technology providers, logistics and customs providers, and other specialist suppliers.

You bring the business. We help you build the local infrastructure around it.

One local point of coordination.

The UAE business environment involves multiple authorities depending on the structure and activity — Free Zone Authorities, Economic Departments, the FTA, immigration and labour authorities, customs, sector-specific regulators and corporate registries. Instead of navigating each institution independently, we coordinate the process across the relevant parties.

Abu Dhabi's economic licensing framework includes licences, permits and categories administered through its authorities and the TAMM platform. For the Creative Media Authority, the authority itself handles licensing and registration of FZ-LLCs, branches and freelancers within the Creative Zone.

Your partner in the UAE after incorporation.

The relationship doesn't end when the licence is issued. As the business grows, we help coordinate new shareholders, changes in ownership, new directors, new activities and subsidiaries, branches, relocation, additional visas, banking changes, corporate restructuring, tax and transfer-pricing coordination, and expansion into other UAE jurisdictions or the wider region.

Incorporating the company is only the beginning.

A company without the right banking and financial infrastructure cannot operate efficiently. We coordinate support for:

• Corporate bank account opening and banking introductions
• Payment infrastructure and multi-currency accounts
• Treasury, international payments and FX
• Hedging
• Corporate cards and payment providers
• Financing introductions

• Apertura de cuentas bancarias corporativas e introducciones bancarias
• Infraestructura de pagos y cuentas multidivisa
• Tesorería, pagos internacionales y FX
• Cobertura (hedging)
• Tarjetas corporativas y proveedores de pago
• Introducciones para financiamiento

Banks will want to understand the business model, shareholders, source of funds, expected transactions and international flows before opening an account. Our role is to help prepare the company and coordinate introductions with appropriate financial institutions.

More than opening a company.

For an international group, the UAE company may need to sit within a larger corporate structure. We help coordinate:

• UAE Subsidiaries — establishing a UAE company underneath an existing international group
• Branches — bringing an existing foreign company into the UAE
• Holding Structures — creating UAE entities to hold investments or operating subsidiaries
• Multiple Shareholders — structuring ownership between founders, partners or investment entities
• Management Relocation — helping business owners establish their UAE presence within their wider international structure
• Regional Headquarters — establishing a UAE entity to coordinate operations across the Middle East and other markets

• Subsidiarias en los EAU — constituir una empresa en los EAU bajo un grupo internacional existente
• Sucursales — traer una empresa extranjera existente a los EAU
• Estructuras de Tenencia (Holding) — crear entidades en los EAU para mantener inversiones o subsidiarias operativas
• Múltiples Accionistas — estructurar la propiedad entre fundadores, socios o entidades de inversión
• Reubicación de la Dirección — ayudar a los propietarios de negocios a establecer su presencia en los EAU dentro de su estructura internacional más amplia
• Sede Regional — establecer una entidad en los EAU para coordinar operaciones en Medio Oriente y otros mercados

The objective is not simply to incorporate a company. It is to create a structure that works with the company's ownership, operations, people, cash flows and international tax position.

Your UAE company does not exist in isolation.

International companies need to consider how the UAE entity interacts with their existing companies. We coordinate with tax specialists on:

• UAE Corporate Tax and VAT, tax registration and compliance
• Related-party transactions and transfer pricing
• Intercompany services and management fees
• Intercompany financing and profit allocation
• International tax considerations and group restructuring

• Impuesto Corporativo e IVA de los EAU, registro fiscal y cumplimiento
• Transacciones entre partes relacionadas y precios de transferencia
• Servicios intercompañía y honorarios de gestión
• Financiamiento intercompañía y asignación de utilidades
• Consideraciones fiscales internacionales y reestructuración de grupo

UAE Corporate Tax applies broadly to UAE businesses, including those operating in free zones, though specific free-zone incentives and conditions apply depending on activity and structure (qualifying vs. non-qualifying income). Transfer pricing rules also apply to UAE businesses dealing with related parties and connected persons, including cross-border transactions, generally on an arm's-length basis. These rules are activity- and structure-specific — we coordinate the right licensed tax specialists rather than presenting this as a one-size-fits-all outcome.