UAE Investment Environment

The UAE, one of the most attractive investment destinations in the world. As it provides an ideal business environment for investors and entrepreneurs, and provides excellent infrastructure facilities, backed by professional expertise and distinguished services, which give the state a competitive advantage over other countries. Below are some of the elements that make the UAE an attractive environment for investment opportunities that were built to achieve prosperity.

Economic Stability

Features of the UAE’s solid economy include:

  • Strategic location
  • Strong financial reserves.
  • Large sovereign wealth funds
  • Healthy international relations
  • Consistent government spending on infrastructure, digital transformation and innovation.
  • Progressive policy of economic diversification.
  • MMulti-specialty free zones.
  • Increased foreign direct investments (FDIs).
  • Enlightened Economy.
  • Competitive Economy.
  • Economic Openness.
  • A fair, developed and expeditious judicial system, with internationally recognized arbitration centers
Political Stability
  • The UAE has a long-term political stability, with open diplomatic policy worldwide. The UAE has more than 100 dynamic diplomatic missions abroad and about 200 foreign diplomatic missions in the country.
  • The UAE is recognized by an established governance institutions, popular acceptance rates and security, despite all regional challenges.
Variety of Business Premises

The UAE extends the flexibility to do business anywhere in the country. Choices of locations include free zones, industrial areas and commercial buildings.

  • There are more than 40 free zones that allow 100 per cent foreign ownership of business.
  • The UAE provides state-of-the-art industrial and commercial areas.
  • It hosts high-profile conferences, international exhibitions and trade and investment events.
Ease of Doing Business

The UAE presents a favorable business environment. The UAE enjoys an excellent infrastructural facilities coupled with professional expertise, personalized services, digital economy, advanced technological infrastructure and smart government that give the UAE an edge over other countries.

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Skillful Talent Labor
  • The UAE’s talent and labor force is one of the most skillful in the world. Its multi-cultural population enhances workforce productivity and innovation in working forces.
  • The UAE aims to be the main incubator for talent, skilled labor and human capital gifted in the vital and economic sectors because of its flexible and easy labor policies to attract foreign labor.
Investment Incentives

Attractive investment incentives include:

  • Up to 100 per cent foreign ownership in free zones.
  • 100 per cent foreign ownership in 122 economic activities across 13 sectors.
  • An effective visa system allowing for renewable 10-year residence visa.
  • Competitive financing costs, high levels of liquidity and strong banking system.
  • No foreign exchange controls.
  • Strong appreciation and fully convertible currency.
  • Low inflation.
  • Low inflation
  • Low customs tariffs (between 0 and 5 per cent for almost all goods).
Open Economy

The UAE encourages private sector growth and competition and enforces regulations that prohibit monopoly. It has strong ties with key regional and international trade associations. The UAE has more than 40 Free Zones.

Social Stability

The UAE is a safe place to live and invest in. Tolerance and respect to diverse cultures is innate to the UAE.

Business Laws and Regulations in the UAE

The UAE has developed a set of laws and regulations that meet business requirements, organize and conduct them in a flexible manner, within a framework of principles and principles that are based on the rules of justice and respect for the rights of all customers.

Laws

  • Federal laws that govern and regulate business activities in general, such as the Commercial Companies Law and the Foreign Direct Investment Law within the Emirates.
  • Laws regulating the free zone companies.
  • Bankruptcy law in the Emirates.
  • Laws and policies governing business via websites.

Regulations

  • Regulations that govern practical activity.
  • Regulations that protect investor rights, rights of employees and workers.
  • Consumer rights regimes and intellectual property rights.
  • Health, Environment and Safety Regulations.
  • Regulations for geographical regions, whether the areas belonging to the departments of economic development in the various emirates of the state, or the regulations for free zones or specialized economic zones.