Building Your Business in the UAE

Expanding into the UAE is one of the most exciting steps a business can take, but also one of the most complex. At Argentum Law, we make the process clear, compliant, and fast. Whether you’re an ambitious founder or a global enterprise, we design legal structures that give you confidence today and flexibility for tomorrow.

Founders and Entrepreneurs

Launch faster. Grow smarter.

Speedy, practical set-up so you can focus on building your business

Clear guidance on choosing the right legal form for your venture

Step-by-step support with banking, licensing, and regulatory requirements

International Businesses

Expand with confidence.

Cross-border structuring tailored to your group’s governance and goals

Asset protection and regulatory alignment across jurisdictions

Full compliance with UAE frameworks to enhance investor trust

ADGM, DIFC and Beyond

Recognised specialists in the UAE’s leading common-law jurisdictions.

We help clients establish in ADGM and DIFC — trusted hubs that provide international credibility, investor confidence, and mature legal frameworks.

But our expertise extends further:

  • UAE Free Zones (DMCC, DDA, RAK ICC and more

  • Onshore UAE Mainland

  • Regional and international jurisdictions through our global partner network

Wherever you choose to operate, we ensure your structure fits your ambitions.

Bespoke Business Structures

Every business is different — your structure should be too.

We design and implement:

  • Holding Companies
    Consolidate assets and manage subsidiaries

  • SPVs
    For financing, joint ventures, and investment vehicles

  • Foundations & Trusts
    For legacy planning and wealth protection

  • Innovation Licences
    For tech-driven and entrepreneurial ventures

  • Operating Companies / LLCs
    For long-term commercial success

Beyond Incorporation

Our work doesn’t stop once your company is set up. We provide ongoing support to keep operations smooth and compliant:

  • Risk & Compliance management

  • Corporate governance frameworks

  • Professional directors and nominees

  • Streamlined banking support

  • Secretarial and filing services

  • Tax and financial advisory via trusted partners

Build with Confidence

Grow with Argentum

We bring together international expertise and local insight to help you enter and expand in the UAE — efficiently, securely, and strategically.

General Counsel Services

We stand ready to support your executive, management and in-house legal teams with overseeing, identifying and resolving day-to-day legal issues in all departments as well as supporting you on corporate governance, business policy and training.

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Industry Expertise

We offer unparalleled access to top-tier advisers skilled in interfacing with C-suite corporate executives and high-level government officials, leading senior level ‘high stakes’ negotiations, structuring innovative deals, managing disputes and drafting, rolling out and monitoring compliance programs in a myriad of industries.

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Recent posts

The Future of Workplace Culture

Janine, our head of Culture & Community, attended the 5th episode of the hybrid event series FLUID organized by ATÖLYE and LetsWork on the Future of Workplace Culture. The panel featured Randa Taher (Innovation Facilitator and Culture Designer), Missak Vehouni (Architect of Healthy Organizations) and Zein Al Nemri (VP People and Culture at Sarwa). The panel first highlighted the importance of culture for growing start-ups and alerted the attendees that start-ups could either proactively and thoughtfully design their culture or allow their culture to grow organically (by default).

The Two Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know Before Raising Funds But Are Never Told

You’re an entrepreneur. You’ve worked hard to take an idea and turn it into something worthwhile. You’ve put in sweat, tears, blood, soul and much more. You’ve overcome obstacles, challenges, heartbreak and countless failures to get to this point. Now, it’s time for you to raise your first round of funding. Great, now what do you do? Here are a couple of points for you to think about as you plan your growth.

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