At a Glance Guide to Dubai Foundations

Dubai foundations are a cornerstone for those seeking effective wealth management and succession planning.

Our guide to Dubai foundations highlights the essential aspects, from their robust legal framework within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) to the strategic benefits they offer for asset protection, privacy, and tax efficiency. Whether you're an investor or looking to secure your family's financial future, our insights provide a clear pathway to leveraging Dubai foundations for your wealth management needs.

5 things to know about Dubai foundations

The purpose of Dubai foundations

Dubai foundations are crucial for wealth management and succession planning, allowing investors and families to manage assets with flexibility and privacy, ensuring smooth asset transition across generations.

Legal framework

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) provides a strong legal framework for foundations, ensuring asset protection and estate planning that aligns with the founder's wishes, offering security and flexibility.

Benefits of establishing a foundation

Establishing a foundation in Dubai offers benefits like asset protection, controlled wealth distribution, and privacy, with tax exemptions on income and profits, appealing to international investors for efficient tax planning.

Structuring and management

Foundations in Dubai require structured management, involving a council and a guardian to ensure operations align with the foundation's charter and bylaws, providing clear governance.

Ogier Global's expertise

Ogier Global provides expert services for establishing and managing Dubai foundations, offering advice on structuring, governance, and compliance, with deep knowledge of the local legal landscape for effective wealth management and succession planning.

5 things to know about Ogier Global

Integrated and effective

We offer clients a gateway to our international law firm and corporate administration services, working with Ogier's partner-led legal teams in BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey, Ireland, Luxembourg and London to incorporate and administer a wide variety of vehicles.

Diverse talent and experience

Our highly experienced and responsive team of technical experts focus on providing the highest level of personal service, working collaboratively with clients and delivering commercial solutions in the most efficient way.

Sector knowledge

We work with leading financial institutions, investment managers, corporations and their advisers across a range of industry sectors including funds and investment management, energy and natural resources, real estate, telecommunications, media and technology, infrastructure and healthcare.

Ogier Connect

Supported by market-leading technology, our interactive entity administration platform and client service portal, Ogier Connect, gives clients real time access to statutory information and documents.

Global coverage

With professionals based in Asia, the Americas and Europe, we are able to provide global coverage across all time zones. This enables us to draw on the features of numerous jurisdictions and predict changes in regimes coming from international standards.