Cases
What a working structure looks like.
Every setup below started from the client's goal, not from a free zone catalogue. The structure, the banking, the timeline and the hard part of each case — with numbers. Names withheld, facts kept.
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Case study
UAE Family Foundation: Consolidating Property Without the 9% Tax
A client held several properties across different Emirates in his own name. He needed one structure to manage them, remove himself from direct title, and set succession rules. We registered a RAK ICC Family Foundation and obtained fiscally transparent status from the FTA — rental income is not taxed at the 9% corporate rate.
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Four Investors, One Property: RAK ICC Restricted Purposes Company
Four unrelated investors pooled funds to buy a rental property in Ras Al Khaimah and split the income by their shares. Registering the title on four individuals meant personal exposure and messy succession. We structured it as a RAK ICC Restricted Purposes Company — an SPV whose memorandum permits exactly one activity.
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UAE Bank Account for a CIS Founder: Building a Track Record from Zero
A founder from the CIS with a UAE company and residence visa needed a corporate account with a traditional UAE bank. His six months of statements came from sanctioned banks — documents no UAE bank accepts. We built a new verifiable track record in four months. The bank opened his account in two weeks.
