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In a landmark move, the UAE on Monday executed sweeping reforms to its commercial company ownership laws.

UAE allows 100% ownership of businesses for foreign nationals from Dec 1, 2020 with changes to Commercial Company Ownership law.

Seven key takeaways:
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#1 Companies will no longer be required to have an Emirati national as a majority shareholder in onshore companies, nor will they be required to have a UAE national or a local company as registered agents.
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#2 Some sectors, including oil and gas, utilities and transport, are exempt from the new law.
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#3 These changes will supersede the Foreign Direct Investment Law (Federal Law by Decree No. 19 of 2018 regarding FDI), which is cancelled.
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#4 Companies that wish to go public can also sell 70 per cent of their shares in an IPO, instead of the previous limit of 30 per cent limit – a move that could help boost the liquidity of local stock markets.
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#5 These new clauses will be added to the current Commercial Companies Law, which will have 51 articles amended - and three new ones added - to accommodate changes.
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#6 Most of the changes are expected to relate to limited liability companies (LLCs) and joint stock companies.
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#7 Local authorities such as the Dept for Economic Development will be able to regulate participation levels of Emiratis in companies.

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UAE allows 100% ownership of businesses for foreign nationals from December 1, 2020 President signs new Decree that updates 2015 Commercial Companies Law

Announcing SquareCircle Tech and 100 Open Startups joint partnership to participate at eMerge Americas 2019.

SquareCircle Global partners with 100 Open Startups to showcase MEA startups at eMerge Americas - IssueWire Partners include Google, Intel, MIT Technology Review, Amazon, Microsoft, VMWare

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Congratulations to Dubai's leadership for sweeping the 1st position in foreign direct investment (FDI) monitor by ‪ in for & . ‬Proud that is ‬contributing in reshaping the source & composition of the FDI flows into