As per DED rules and regulations, you will be entitled for LLC once your organisation is registered with them. They will issue a mainland licence for the company, which will entitle you to a comprehensive business set up across the country.

A company which relies on its professional’s expertise for its business activity requires a Professional License. Here the foreigner has complete authority over his ownership which also permits the advantage of sole proprietors.

Civil company only participates in a professional activity and all the partners must be professional, these types of companies can be owned by expats 100%. A foreign company can be a partner in a civil company as long as they are engaged in the same line of business in their home country

To set up an industrial or manufacturing organization should be registered under DED and Chamber of Commerce and Industry under the Industrial License. This applies to entities which involves in any kind of production from raw material to semi-finished goods.

Freezone as the name conveys clearly, is a designated economic trade zone where the shareholders/entrepreneurs are freed from tax and provide complete ownership to foreigners/expats and no requirement or restriction to be in partnership with a Local partner.