| TYPE OF COMPANY | International Company (IC) | |
| Registered office in UAE | Must be located within the Jebel Ali free economic zone. It can be rented from a secretarial company. | |
| Registered Agent | Not required | |
| Company Registration Period | 2 - 3 weeks | |
| Shelf companies | No | |
| TAXES | ||
| Taxation | Completely exempt from tax | |
| Double Taxation Treaty Access | No | |
| Automatic Information Exchange Agreement | No | |
| SHARES and SHARE CAPITAL | ||
| Currency | AED | |
| Minimum Paid-Up Capital | No fixed requirement | |
| The maximum authorized capital | No restrictions | |
| Standard authorized capital | 100,000.00 AED (there are no capital payment requirements) | |
| Bearer shares | No | |
| SHAREHOLDERS and BENEFICIARIES | ||
| Shareholders | Natural or legal persons (no residency requirement) | |
| The minimum number of shareholders | One | |
| Provision of Fiduciary Services | Not allowed | |
| Publicly available data on shareholders | No | |
| Disclosure of beneficiaries with any third party | No | |
| Requirement for Meetings of Shareholders | Yes | |
| Place of holding of Meetings of Shareholders | Worldwide | |
| DIRECTORS | ||
| Directors | Natural persons (no residence requirement) | |
| Minimum number of directors | Two | |
| Provision of Fiduciary Services | Not allowed | |
| Publication of information about the directors in the State Register | No | |
| Place of holding of Board of Directors Meetings | Not required | |
| SECRETARY | ||
| Secretary | Yes, a director can be a secretary as well | |
| Publication of information about secretary in the State Register | Yes | |
| Provision of Fiduciary Services | Yes | |
| KEEPING OF RECORDS | ||
| Record keeping | Required | |
| Audit | Yes | |
| Filing reports | No | |
| Currency control | No | |
| ACTIVITIES | ||
| Business in UAE | Yes. However, the general rule requires that a free zone company should operate within its free zone only | |
| Buying a property in UAE | Possible (but depends on developer) | |