Seven Practices
Most clients arrive needing one of these and end up using several. They connect — a licence decision constrains the banking options, which constrain the visa sequence, which affects the tax position. We keep them under one roof and one accountable person.
Representative Matters
Four Stages, with the Scope Fixed at Stage Two
Assessment
Activity, ownership structure, current tax residency, visa requirements, and how your file reads to bank compliance. Those five things decide the jurisdiction — sometimes the honest answer is that it isn't the UAE.
Fixed scope, in writing
One document setting out what will be delivered, in what order, by when, and at what cost. The fee is anchored to the scope of work rather than to the value of the assets involved. It changes only if the scope changes, and only in writing.
Execution
Licence, constitutional documents, establishment card, visas and Emirates ID, with a named person accountable and a report at each milestone.
Banking & compliance
The KYC dossier prepared before the bank requests it. Corporate tax registration, a VAT assessment, and a compliance calendar covering the first year of obligations.
A Boutique Practice
GSDC provides corporate services across the UAE under trade licence 1281119. The firm was established on a documents clearing licence — the government-facing work that sits underneath company formation, visas and attestation — and that remains the foundation of how we operate: the authority-level work is done by us directly rather than subcontracted.
The jurisdiction is the output of the assessment, not the starting point
Activity, ownership, tax residency, visa needs and bank appetite decide where a company belongs — and sometimes the answer is not the UAE. Structures are designed around that, not around licence templates.
One accountable person, not a ticket queue
Each matter runs as one file under one named person. Legal, banking and accounting specialists are brought in under GSDC’s coordination, so the client deals with one adviser throughout.
Timelines are set in the scope document, not estimated afterwards
A standard formation typically completes within 7 working days of a complete file. Where an authority’s timing differs, the scope document says so before work begins — approvals are decided by the authority, not by us.
Structures are built to withstand review
Every structure is assessed against the client’s home-country rules — controlled foreign company exposure, FATCA and CRS reporting, and whether a UAE tax residency certificate will be recognised — before it is formed, not after.
Management
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Most matters begin with a short conversation and one or two documents. We will set out what is possible, what it involves and what it costs before any commitment is made.
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