Tag: Dubai Legal Experts

Federal Tax Authority in the UAE: A Comprehensive Legal Guide to VAT Registration, Compliance, Audits, Penalties and Refunds Estimated reading time: 22 minutes Key Takeaways The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) administers Value Added Tax, Excise Tax, and Corporate Tax in the United Arab Emirates through its digital platform, EmaraTax. The VAT registration threshold is AED […]

Wadeema Law UAE: A Comprehensive Guide to Federal Law No. 3 of 2016 on Child Rights and Child Protection Obligations Estimated reading time: 26 minutes Key Takeaways Wadeema Law (Federal Law No. 3 of 2016) is the cornerstone of child rights and protection in the UAE for all children under 18, regardless of nationality or […]

What Happens to an Expat’s Assets in the UAE When He Dies? Here is the uncomfortable truth: the biggest inheritance mistake expats make in the UAE is relying on old assumptions. The current legal position is far more nuanced than the outdated idea that every expat estate automatically falls into one default religious framework. For […]

Duties and Liability of Managers of Limited Liability Companies in the UAE For a UAE mainland LLC manager, authority is never just operational. It is legal authority, personal exposure, and regulatory accountability rolled into one role. Under the UAE’s Commercial Companies Law, the manager may be appointed from among the partners or from outside the […]

Family Law Procedures in UAE and Dubai: A Comprehensive Guide for Divorce, Child Custody and Financial Rights Estimated reading time: 22 minutes Key Takeaways UAE family law now operates through parallel personal status regimes, principally including Federal Decree-Law No. 41 of 2024 on the Issuance of the Personal Status Law, Federal Decree-Law No. 41 of […]

Company Formation Legal Services in UAE: Comprehensive Legal Structuring, Regulatory Strategy, & Implementation (2026 Update) Estimated reading time: 35 minutes Key Takeaways Robust legal entity formation in the UAE is governed by modern federal laws (notably Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2021, as amended), with critical distinctions between mainland, free zone, and financial free zone […]

UAE Civil Transactions Law: How the New Civil Code Reshapes Civil and Commercial Deal-Making in the UAE Estimated reading time: 25 minutes Key Takeaways The New UAE Civil Transactions Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 25 of 2025) comes into force on 1 June 2026, repealing the 1985 Civil Code and reshaping onshore civil and commercial transactions […]

The cheque remains one of the most widely used payment and security instruments in the United Arab Emirates, particularly in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, for rent, business transactions, project payments and personal loans. In recent years, the legal framework governing dishonoured cheques and the enforcement of cheques has undergone significant reform. The focus has shifted […]

Intellectual Property Law in the UAE – A Strategic Guide for SMEs and Innovators Estimated reading time: 14 minutes Key Takeaways UAE intellectual property law has been fundamentally modernised since 2021, giving SMEs and entrepreneurs strategic opportunities for asset protection, valuation, and commercialisation. Sophisticated legal frameworks now govern patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, and industrial […]