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Enter the UAE under your existing brand: a Dubai branch operates in the parent company name with no separate shareholding.
A branch is a licensed extension of the foreign parent: same name, same legal personality, 100% parent ownership. It may carry out the parent activities (except certain trading restrictions), sign local contracts, sponsor staff and bid where the parent track record counts, which makes it the preferred vehicle for established firms entering Dubai.
Registration involves attesting and translating the parent corporate documents, appointing a general manager under power of attorney, Ministry of Economy registration and DET licensing. Pro24 manages the attestation chain in your home country through UAE embassy legalisation, the step that most often delays branch setups.
Continuity of brand, contracts and track record.
Trade in Dubai under the exact parent name your clients already trust.
Prequalify for projects and tenders using the parent company history and references.
No new shareholders or board; one general manager runs the branch under POA.
Branch results consolidate directly into the parent financial statements.
Sponsor managers and staff exactly like any mainland licensee.
A branch can be restructured into a local LLC subsidiary if strategy changes.
Parent incorporation documents, board resolution and POA attested up to the UAE embassy, then MOFA and legal translation.
Ministry of Economy registration and DET initial approval of the branch activity.
Ejari registered and the branch licence issued in the parent name.
General manager visa processed and the corporate account opened referencing parent banking history.
Branches are generally limited to services, contracting and promotion of parent products; direct import trading usually needs a local LLC or a free zone entity. We confirm the treatment of your exact activity.
The national service agent requirement has been removed for most branch registrations, leaving the parent in full control.
Certificate of incorporation, memorandum and articles, a board resolution to open the branch, and the POA for the general manager, each notarised, legalised via the UAE embassy in your country and translated into Arabic.
A branch wins on brand continuity and prequalification; an LLC wins on activity flexibility and ring-fenced liability. We map both against your UAE plans before you spend on attestation.
Send us your certificate of incorporation and target activity; we reply with the full branch roadmap and quote.
