UAE Company Formation
Support with selecting the appropriate structure, preparing documents, coordinating registrations and setting up the foundation for ongoing compliance.
Corporate Structuring & Migration
Corporate structuring and migration support for founders, investors and businesses
Shortlist supports clients with UAE company formation, ownership restructuring, redomiciliation, holding structures and corporate reorganisation — with attention to compliance, governance and long-term administration.
Corporate advisory
Structure should support the business, not complicate it
Companies and ownership structures evolve. Founders bring in partners, businesses expand into new markets, investors require holding entities, and existing structures may need to be simplified, migrated or reorganised.
Shortlist helps clients approach these changes with clarity, proper documentation and awareness of ongoing compliance requirements.
Corporate structures with international perspective
Services
How we support corporate clients
Corporate Migration & Redomiciliation Support
Assistance for companies considering migration, continuation, jurisdictional movement or restructuring into the UAE.
Holding Company & SPV Structures
Support with structuring holding entities, asset-holding companies and special purpose arrangements for commercial or private ownership needs.
Ownership Realignment
Assistance with changes in ownership, shareholder arrangements, group structures and documentation required to reflect updated control or commercial realities.
Corporate Reorganisation
Support for clients simplifying, consolidating or adjusting existing corporate structures.
Board & Shareholder Documentation
Preparation and maintenance of resolutions, records, meeting documentation and related corporate governance materials.
Client situations
When corporate structuring becomes necessary
Clients may need corporate structuring support when they are:
- Establishing a new UAE presence
- Moving an existing company or structure into the UAE
- Creating a holding company
- Separating operating and asset-holding entities
- Bringing in partners, investors or family shareholders
- Preparing for sale, exit, investment or succession
- Regularising documents and ownership records
A structure should support the business
Next step
Discuss your structure
Submit your enquiry and we will help identify the right structuring, migration or reorganisation support for your situation.