Once a client decides on the form of a structure (company, proprietorship, partnership, single person company etc.) best suited to his/her new venture, or that his/her business-idea is ready to take the step up from, say, an existing partnership/proprietorship into a company, the requirements of an experienced practitioner are required to ensure due incorporation of the desired business entity. 

 

We have incorporated various forms of companies spread across various geographical areas including multiple start-ups at the Free zones and on the mainland in the UAE. Our firm is the registered agent of various free zones in the United Arab Emirates, and we provide end-to-end company formation services to our clients.

 

In general, we advise and assist with all issues involved with:

Incorporation of various forms of legal entities

Memorandum and Articles of Association suited to our clients’ individual needs and aspirations

Shareholders’ rights, responsibilities and liabilities

Directors’ duties and liabilities

Share transfers, change of directors and managers

Assistance with opening bank accounts;

Corporate shareholdings

Management and shareholder agreements 

Company secretarial and administrative services

Liquidations

 

1.1 Onshore Companies and business entities in the UAE:

Limited Liability Companies

Representative Office

Branch Office

Civil Partnership

Professional entities

Private Joint Stock Companies

 

1.2 Free Zone Companies and Offshore Companies:

 

1.2.1 Free Zone Companies and Establishments

 

In incorporating a Free Zone company/establishment, we provide comprehensive services and undertake all aspects of the incorporation on behalf of our clients, ranging from the initial advice, to preparing business plans, applying for visas, securing premises, obtaining the trade license and ongoing matters, such as:

 

• maintaining required statutory 

registers;

• registered office;

• company secretarial services;

• filling renewals; and

• Bank account establishments.

 

The firm’s practice in this regard involves the following jurisdictions.

 

• All free zones in Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah, whether industry specific free zones and general free zones.

• UAE offers a wide choice of over 30 free zones most of which are industry specific and others are general free zones.

• Amongst the GCC, the UAE has taken the lead in developing Free Zones and has been remarkably successful in attracting foreign investment. In fact, nearly all new foreign investment in the United Arab Emirates gravitates to the Free Zones.

• The proliferation of Free Zones in the United Arab Emirates witnesses the emergence of two parallel, yet distinct and divergent business environments. The "onshore" (the rest of the UAE) environment remains subject to national laws and regulations regarding foreign ownership; whereas the Free Zones, or the "offshore" environment, offers complete freedom of ownership to foreign investors.

 

1.2.2 UAE Offshore Jurisdictions

 

We primarily deal with incorporation, management and maintenance of offshore companies in Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA), international companies at the Ras Al Khaimah International Corporate Centre, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), Dubai South or formerly known was Dubai World Central (DWC) and Dubai Media City – Tecom [Barsha Heights].

 

Our team of lawyers and experts in India and Singapore have also been consistently dealing with incorporation and maintenance of legal entities and advice on structuring entities in the said jurisdictions. 

 

Apart from the ones available in the UAE, we handle corporate incorporations and compliance management in respect of the following Offshore Jurisdictions:

British Virgin Island (BVI)

Cayman Islands

Jersey

Seychelles

Panama

Mauritius

Cyprus