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MoHRE Update

04 Jan 2024

A Federal Law has been passed bearing far-reaching consequences: a Federal Ministry has been given power to behave as a Court of Law.

SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WHEN BUYING OR SELLING BUSINESS

04 Jan 2024

Emiratisation Requirement for Private Sector Employees

04 Jan 2024

From 1st January 2024, Emiratisation targets will no longer be just applicable to companies employing 50 or more employees.

NO PRISON FOR DEBT

06 Nov 2023

UAE Agency and Distributorship: Where are we now?

23 Mar 2022

In May 2020 the original commercial agency law Federal Law No. 18 of 1981 (‘’Agency Law’’) was amended for the fourth time by Federal Law No. 11 of 2020 (the ‘’Amending Law’’).

UAE Labour Law Factsheet

01 Sep 2020

TOP 5 Questions about ESR in UAE- What, Why, Who, How and When

23 Jun 2020

The whole of UAE has been buzzing with three initial letters “ESR”. If you still don’t know if you are ESR compliant or not, we suggest you look at the brief outline below to save your company from incurring any penalties.

Gender Equality and Multiculturalism- Part 1

10 Mar 2020

How To Sell Your UAE Business – Do It Once, Do It Right!- Part 3

16 Dec 2019

Part 3 - Preparing For Sale

How To Sell Your UAE Business – Do It Once, Do It Right! - Part 2

11 Nov 2019

All that risk and hard work has paid off. You have an operating profitable business that could be a very attractive proposition for the right person. It’s time to turn that dream of cashing out into reality, but you’ve never sold a business before and don’t know what to expect. Well we’ve prepared a series of 10 short blogs to give you a flavor of the key steps involved: Part 1 – Objectives & Viability Part 2 – When To Sell Part 3 – Preparing For Sale Part 4 – Pre-sale Legal Health Check Part 6 – Price Part 7 – Professional Advisers Part 8 - Going To Market Part 9 – Auction Sales Part 10 – Legal Road To Completion Here’s Part 2 – When To Sell

HOW TO SELL YOUR UAE BUSINESS – DO IT ONCE, DO IT RIGHT!

31 Oct 2019

All that risk and hard work has paid off. You have an operating profitable business that could be a very attractive proposition for the right person. It’s time to turn that dream of cashing out into reality, but you’ve never sold a business before and don’t know what to expect. Well we’ve prepared a series of 10 short blogs to give you a flavor of the key steps involved: Part 1 – Objectives & Viability Part 2 – When To Sell Part 3 – Preparing For Sale Part 4 – Pre-sale Legal Health Check Part 6 – Price Part 7 – Professional Advisers Part 8 - Going To Market Part 9 – Auction Sales Part 10 – Legal Road To Completion Here’s Part 1 - Objectives & Viability

Why your U.A.E. business needs written contracts

01 Oct 2019

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New UAE Economic Substance Regulations

29 Sep 2019

On 30 April 2019, H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, issued the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. (31) for 2019 concerning Economic Substance Regulations (the "New Regulations").

CONSEQUENCES OF NOT HOLDING AN ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

22 May 2019

The failure to convene an AGM within the period specified in the Commercial Companies Law can result in penalties consisting of fines ranging from AED50, 000 to AED 100,000. Further, if the losses of an LLC reaches half of its capital, the fines resulting from the failure to hold an AGM can range from AED50,000 to AED1m.

How to Give Charity Legally in the UAE

14 May 2019

Managing Partner, James Berry, shared his insight with The National on How to Give Charity Legally in the UAE. Click on the link to read the full article