Compliance & risk
Corporate Governance & Compliance
Good governance is a commercial asset: it shortens due diligence, protects directors and keeps regulators at arm’s length. We build governance frameworks that fit the business rather than a template, and we maintain them.
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For private companies and family groups we design shareholder arrangements, board structures, delegated authorities and reporting lines that anticipate succession and investment. For regulated entities we operate the compliance calendar: AML and sanctions programmes, ultimate beneficial ownership filings, economic substance and tax-related reporting where it still applies, and licence conditions.
What we do
- Shareholder agreements, articles and constitutional documents
- Board charters, committees, delegated authority matrices and minutes
- Directors’ duties, conflicts and D&O exposure advice
- AML, CFT and sanctions compliance programmes and reporting
- Ultimate beneficial ownership and other registry filings
- Company secretarial services and compliance calendars
- Governance reviews ahead of investment, sale or listing
Questions clients ask
Straight answers first.
Do private companies in the UAE need a formal governance framework?
There is no single statutory code for most private companies, but the Commercial Companies Law, AML rules, beneficial-ownership regulations and the expectations of banks and investors together require one in practice. A proportionate framework is faster to build than to retrofit under pressure.
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