For your matter in the UAE: Start your investment activity with licensing aligned to ownership and business operations. BaghdadiLaw handles foreign investment licence applications and coordinates company requirements with the relevant authorities. Founded in 1957, our firm has handled more than 20,000 cases and legal consultations across its practice. Omar Al-Baghdadi leads the team with over 30 years of legal experience.
BaghdadiLaw brings nearly seven decades of legal practice, since its founding in 1957, to foreign investment licensing, with specialised knowledge connecting ownership structure, actual activities, documents and authority to the application requirements. Establishing an investment activity in the UAE requires the proposed business, ownership and location to fit the relevant licensing rules. Mainland, free-zone and regulated-sector requirements should be checked before treating a general ownership rule as permission to operate.
UAE foreign-investment licensing requires selection of activity, legal form and mainland or free-zone authority. Full foreign ownership is available for many businesses, but strategic-impact and regulated activities require specific checking; nationality alone does not establish approval. Describe the exact activity, owners and operating location. Check the current approval terminology and route; an old licence template may not reflect the process applicable to a new application.
We agree the work your matter needs: Select a permitted structure and activity before incorporation. Where sector approval is essential, stage the process around it; if the proposed activity is restricted, revise the operating model rather than assume a free-zone incorporation removes all restrictions. The deliverable is agreed for your file: An activity-and-approval map identifying the intended business model, relevant licensing bodies and unresolved ownership or sector conditions.
Our specialist legal team is led by Omar Al-Baghdadi, with more than 30 years of legal experience. Start online by WhatsApp or email, in Arabic or English, and stay in direct contact with the team within an agreed scope and fee. We operate in the UAE through licensed partners and lawyers. The local partner and scope of representation are confirmed for the relevant emirate and forum, including onshore courts, DIFC or ADGM where applicable. The responsible lawyer, work and fees are agreed before proceeding.
We combine business formation, contract and dispute experience to support your investment through its different stages. Our team handles the project's legal needs, changes and disputes, coordinating local procedures with licensed partners and lawyers in the UAE.
A practice established in 1957, with experience carried into every matter. The firm has handled more than 20,000 cases and legal consultations combined across its history. Omar Al-Baghdadi leads the team with more than 30 years of legal experience, bringing institutional knowledge and direct professional involvement to your matter.
Advice and representation in the UAE. We operate in the UAE through licensed partners and lawyers. The local partner and scope of representation are confirmed for the relevant emirate and forum, including onshore courts, DIFC or ADGM where applicable. The responsible lawyer, work and fees are agreed before proceeding.
Start online and communicate directly with the team. Request your consultation, share documents and stay in contact through WhatsApp, email or an agreed call, in Arabic or English, without an office visit for the consultation. We confirm the work, fee and responsible professional before starting.
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Do not assume that it does. Identify the investor, activity, company structure and issuing authorities. Map which registration, licence or sector approval addresses each requirement before starting operations or making dependent commitments.
No. Incorporation creates the selected entity; a regulated activity may require permission from a separate authority. Map each intended activity and approval rather than treating a company certificate as permission to start everything in the business plan.
No. Compare permitted activities, intended customers, operating location, governance and sector approvals. A cheaper structure may be unsuitable for the business's actual transactions, and moving later can introduce additional consent and documentation questions.
Need online advice or legal representation for foreign investment licensing in the UAE? Contact BaghdadiLaw by WhatsApp or email. Our team discusses your matter and agrees the work and fees with you; our licensed partners and lawyers provide local representation within the agreed engagement.
