Business Setup / ​​​Branch & Rep Office

Foreign Company Branch Formation in UAE

When you have an established brand in your country, you can work on with the same name and activity in UAE, by setting up of a branch office in UAE.

Requirements for Foreign Company Branches

• Adopting the same Mother Company’s name for the Branch in UAE – Obtain necessary approval for the name from the Department.
• Detailed Statement of the activity required to be practiced by the Branch. Getting it approved by the respective competent authority wherever required for certain activities, with consideration that the branch activity must be from among those practiced by the mother company.
• Contract Agreement with a Service Agent holding UAE Nationality. The Agreement must be duly authenticated by the Notary Public.
• Submission of a duly attested “Undertaking” issued in the mother country pledging to bear any financial liabilities on behalf of the branch in the UAE.
  
• A bank guarantee for AED 50,000/- in favor of the Ministry of Economy.
  
• Duly attested decision taken by the concerned administrative body of the Mother Company confirming willingness to open a branch in Abu Dhabi.
  
• Duly attested Official Certificate issued by the competent authority of the country in which the foreign company is registered. The Certificate must state the company registration, legal status, capital, names of shareholders, capacity and powers of its representatives.
  
• Duly attested facsimiles of the mother company’s letter of incorporation and articles of association.
  
• Latest duly attested couple of audited Balance Sheets of the mother company along with the auditor’s report, profit/loss account and other balance sheet related explanations.
• Statement showing main operations and activities practiced by the foreign company outside the UAE and accounting for its previously accumulated experiences.
  
• Duly attested Power of Attorney in favor of Company’s representative in UAE along with his passport photocopy and personal photograph.
  
• Passport photocopy and personal photograph of the National Services Agent if he is a natural person. In case it is a legal entity, an official certificate, confirming that all partners are UAE Nationals, should be attached along with copies of the license issued to the legal entity.
  
• Statement showing the number of employees expected to be recruited in the company branch in UAE.
  
• All documents should be translated into Arabic by an authorized legal translator and duly attested by the Ministry of Justice.
  
• All documents executed outside UAE must be notarized and legalized at the UAE Embassy in the mother country.
  

Representative Office Formation in UAE

• Representative offices are not allowed to conduct any local business
• Representative offices are for promoting the business of the parent companies.