Corporate consulting and structuring.
Ongoing corporate counsel for UAE entities, founders, family offices and cross-border groups after formation.
Formation creates the entity. Corporate consulting makes the entity work over time. Governance, signing authority, shareholder control, intra-group flows, tax position, banking, compliance and restructuring decisions determine whether the UAE structure continues to serve its purpose.
Moore Law advises founders, family offices and international groups on the operation, review and restructuring of UAE entities and cross-border corporate structures.
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Corporate consulting begins where formation ends: governance, operations, tax, banking, restructuring and long-term control.
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The real structure is how the company operates.
A company can have a licence, articles and bank account and still be structurally weak. The question is how decisions are made, who can sign, what shareholders can block, how group charges are documented, whether the company supports its tax position, and whether the corporate record matches reality.
Corporate consulting addresses those questions after formation and during growth. It is ongoing counsel for companies and groups that need legal, tax and operational judgement without building a full internal legal function.
The company should not only exist. It should behave like the structure it claims to be.
Corporate consulting routes.
Outside general counsel
Retainer-based or ongoing corporate counsel for UAE entities and cross-border groups, covering contracts, governance, compliance, board questions and strategic decisions.
Group restructuring
Review and restructuring of UAE and cross-border groups where ownership, licences, tax, bankability, flows or governance no longer match the business.
Governance review
Review of shareholders, directors, managers, reserved matters, signing authorities, board process and decision records for UAE entities and family groups.
Holding structures
Design and review of holding chains, family structures, property ownership, corporate tax, substance and succession architecture.
Corporate tax and substance
Tax, substance, QFZP, transfer pricing, beneficial ownership and bankability review for UAE entities and groups.
Company formation
Where the solution requires a new entity, branch, subsidiary, holding company or restructuring, the formation route is coordinated with the consulting work.
Who this advisory is for.
Existing UAE companies
Companies whose licence exists but whose governance, banking, tax, contracts or ownership structure need review.
Founder-led groups
Founder-controlled businesses where authority, signing rights, investor rights, exit planning and management transition need discipline.
Family offices
Family groups needing governance, reporting, decision records, shareholder control and next-generation participation.
International groups entering the UAE
Foreign groups operating UAE subsidiaries, branches or regional offices that need local governance and compliance aligned with group policy.
Retainer clients
Clients who need ongoing counsel but do not require a full-time in-house legal department.
Restructuring clients
Clients whose current structure no longer matches the business, tax position, bank file, shareholder reality or family objectives.
Scope of advisory.
Governance design
Board process, manager powers, shareholder reserved matters, signing authorities, delegation rules and decision records.
Contract and commercial support
Review and drafting of commercial contracts, service agreements, consultancy agreements, group documents and transaction documents.
Intra-group flows
Management fees, service fees, financing, IP licensing, cost allocations and transfer-pricing coordination.
Corporate tax and substance
Ongoing corporate tax positioning, free zone treatment, substance evidence, tax calendar, accounting coordination and audit-readiness.
Shareholder and founder matters
Shareholder rights, investor protections, founder control, exit planning, dispute prevention and ownership changes.
Restructuring
Entity rationalisation, licence amendments, share transfers, group simplification, branch/subsidiary changes and operating-model redesign.
Banking and compliance support
Bank updates, KYC responses, beneficial ownership, source-of-funds explanations and structure-rationale documents.
Retainer counsel
Ongoing access to Moore Law for corporate questions, documents, board decisions, negotiations and periodic structure review.
How the engagement is managed.
Initial corporate review
We review the entity, licence, shareholders, managers, bank position, tax status, contracts and current concerns.
Issue map
We identify what requires advice: governance, contracts, restructuring, tax, bankability, shareholder issues or operational decisions.
Advisory plan
We define whether the matter is a one-off review, phased restructuring or ongoing retainer.
Document review and drafting
We review or prepare the governance, contracts, resolutions, shareholder documents, authority filings or bank documents required.
Tax and substance coordination
Where relevant, we coordinate with corporate tax, accounting, transfer pricing and foreign counsel.
Implementation support
We support authority submissions, shareholder approvals, bank updates, restructuring steps and internal approvals.
Ongoing counsel
For retainer clients, we remain available for day-to-day corporate decisions and periodic structure review.
Representative matters.
- Long-term retainer with an international group’s UAE subsidiaries, covering governance, contracts, compliance, banking updates and board-level decisions.
- Governance review for a founder-led UAE company following the entry of an external investor.
- Group restructuring of a UAE free zone and mainland chain after the actual business model changed.
- Intra-group flow review involving management fees, service agreements and corporate tax documentation.
- Corporate consulting for a family office structure with UAE, European and property-owning entities.
- Board and signing-authority review after a shareholder dispute exposed weak decision records.
Common questions.
Is corporate consulting the same as company formation?
No. Company formation creates the entity. Corporate consulting deals with how the entity operates, governs itself, contracts, pays, banks, restructures and maintains its tax and compliance position over time.
Can Moore Law act as outside general counsel?
Yes, where the matter fits the firm. Moore Law can provide ongoing corporate counsel by retainer or scoped engagement for UAE entities and cross-border groups.
When should a UAE company be reviewed?
A review is sensible after formation, before external investment, before a shareholder change, after corporate tax changes, when banking issues arise, before restructuring or when the business model changes.
Can Moore Law review intra-group fees?
Yes. Moore Law can review management fees, service agreements, financing and other intra-group flows from a legal, commercial and tax-aware perspective, with accounting or transfer-pricing specialists involved where required.
Does corporate consulting include litigation?
Corporate consulting is usually non-contentious. If a dispute arises, Moore Law can coordinate with the relevant dispute-resolution practice or local counsel depending on the forum and issue.
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Corporate, tax and beneficial-ownership requirements should always be checked against current UAE sources before decisions are implemented.
- UAE Ministry of Finance — Corporate Tax
- Federal Tax Authority — Corporate Tax Guides and References
- Federal Tax Authority — Transfer Pricing Guide
- UAE Cabinet Resolution No. 109 of 2023 — Real Beneficiary Procedures
- UAE Ministry of Economy — Establishing Businesses
External government and institutional sources. Programme figures and regulatory positions should be verified against these before they are relied upon.