We assist numerous entrepreneurs to start and maintain their businesses in the UAE. This involves various steps and requirements, and the process varies depending on the type of company setup required as well as the choice of the economic zone.
Chrysalis’ expertise and familiarity with the core of our business allows us to help understand your business requirements not only during the incorporation but also through your journey of business maintenance.
The UAE offers investors more than 40 multidisciplinary freezones and mainland registries, in which expatriates and foreign investors can have full ownership of companies. These zones are characterized by their highly efficient infrastructure, and distinct services that facilitate smooth workflows, saving businesses considerable time and effort.
Free-economic zones, also commonly known as Free zones, are special economic jurisdiction registries for businesses in the UAE.
Every free zone operates under specific rules and internal guidance and has its own licensing body that promotes different types of infrastructure that pertain to a specific sector (i.e. IT, media, health service, transport).
- Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC)
- Meydan Freezone (MFZA)
- Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA)
- Dubai District Design (D3)
- Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZA)
- Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO)
- Dubai Internet City (DIC)
- Dubai Knowledge Park (DKP)
- Dubai Media City (DMC)
- International Freezone Authority (IFZA)
- Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC)
- Dubai South (DWC)
- Dubai Maritime City (DMC)
- Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ)
- Ajman Free Zone
- Sharjah Media City (Shams)
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Mainland business registries is controlled by the laws and the rules of the UAE and that of the specific emirate (in this case of Dubai)- their respective laws.
There are no limitations on the location of the activities of mainland companies in Dubai and anywhere in the UAE.
Companies set up in the mainland do not require the services of a local sponsor or agent as they can be now 100% foreign owned without any restrictions, although this may be altered by the legal form that is selected upon setup.
