Services
UAE Market Entry & Advisory
Enter the UAE with a pathway instead of guesswork. Company formation, licensing and regulator engagement, handled by counsel working between Türkiye, the Gulf and Europe.
Book a 15-min intro callThe UAE rewards ventures that arrive prepared and punishes those that improvise. The difference usually comes down to three early decisions: whether your activity is regulated at all, which authority you belong to if it is, and which of the many free zones actually suits your business rather than merely accepting it.
We manage the entire entry: classification, entity formation across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah, licence applications where required, and preparation for the banking conversations that decide whether the venture can really operate. You get one team accountable for the whole journey, not a chain of local intermediaries.
Scope
What this service covers.
Regulated or Not: Pathway Assessment
The first and most expensive question is classification. We map your model against VARA, ADGM, DIFC, SCA and CBUAE, tell you plainly whether you need a licence, and lay out the step-by-step route so months are not lost to a wrong guess.
Company Formation & Structuring
Mainland, financial free zones or one of the many economic free zones: we establish and structure your entity where compliance, cost, governance and growth plans align, instead of wherever a sales agent happens to push.
VASP Licence Applications
Where your activity is regulated, we run the full application: business plans, compliance frameworks, regulator meetings and interview preparation, carried through to approval.
Free Zone Benchmarking
Free zones differ sharply in cost, crypto posture and hidden restrictions. We benchmark the realistic candidates against your activity and investor profile and negotiate terms before you commit.
Banking Readiness
Accounts are where UAE plans most often stall. We prepare the documentation, source-of-funds narrative and compliance story that banks want to see, improving your odds of stable private and corporate banking from the start.
Ongoing Advisory
Setup is the beginning, not the end. We stay engaged as your presence grows: renewals, regulatory changes, expansions and the questions that only appear once you are actually operating.
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