Wrongful Dismissal in UAE: Employee Claims and Employer Defense
Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021 lets an employer dismiss without notice for cause, but the decision has to be evidenced, put in writing, and state its grounds. Where it is not, Article 51 sets what the employee is owed. Covers what an arbitrary-dismissal claim must show, how the award sits alongside end-of-service gratuity, and what a documented disciplinary record is worth at MOHRE.
Work Permit and Visa in UAE: Employment Immigration Procedures
The order matters. An employer registers with MOHRE and obtains an establishment card, applies for an entry permit through the Ministry of Interior e-channel, and only then can the medical fitness test, biometrics and residence visa stamping follow. Also covers renewal duties, records kept for inspection, and cancellation through the GDRFA when employment ends.
Wealth Management in UAE: Private Banking Regulatory Framework
Private banking in the UAE is licensed onshore by the Central Bank or inside the DIFC or ADGM, and a firm operating in both carries both sets of conditions. The article covers what an application has to show, from capital and governance to financial crime controls, then the client-facing duties: know-your-client profiling, documented suitability and disclosure of advisory conflicts.
Tax Losses in UAE: Corporate Tax Loss Carry-Forward Rules
Carrying a loss forward under UAE corporate tax depends on the same owners holding at least half the company and on the business remaining substantially what it was. Sets out how a tax loss differs from an accounting one, when the Federal Tax Authority may look past an ownership change, and the 95% ownership needed before losses move between group companies.
Tax Dispute Resolution in UAE: FTA Objection and Tribunal
A contested FTA assessment travels through an internal objection, then the Tax Disputes Resolution Committee, then the Federal Courts — with roughly 20 business days from notification to lodge the first step. Sets out what an objection should carry, how the Committee takes evidence, and why an appeal must raise errors of law rather than reopen the facts.
Structured Finance in UAE: Securitization, Abs, and Mbs
A UAE securitisation stands or falls on its special purpose vehicle: the assets have to leave the originator by a transfer that holds up as a true sale and stay beyond the reach of its creditors in insolvency. The article covers how that isolation is documented, the SCA registration and disclosure applying to ABS and MBS offerings, the DIFC and ADGM alternative, and credit enhancement.
Project Finance in UAE: Infrastructure Funding Structures
An SPV sits between the sponsors and the asset so that lenders look to project cash flows rather than corporate balance sheets. Where that vehicle is incorporated, mainland or free zone, then shapes ownership and licensing. This piece takes in shareholder agreements and step-in rights, concession terms on tariffs and termination, and the security that must be registered to bite.
Private Placement in UAE: Exempt Offering Regulations
An offering keeps its exemption only while it avoids public solicitation and reaches investors the SCA treats as qualified — banks, insurance companies, funds and high-net-worth individuals above set thresholds. Covers the verification, disclosure and transfer-restriction work that keeps the exemption intact, and where DIFC rules run separately.
