UAE Business Laws: Compliance Guide for Foreign Firms

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1. 14 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   Removed two unverified "our analysis"/"our analysts" authority-voice instances, and fixed a citation error that attributed the removal of the UAE's 51% foreign-ownership requirement directly to Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2021 (a general Companies Law codification); the ownership-removal actually came via Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2020, with provisions effective June 1, 2021.

   What the page claimed

   The UAE Commercial Companies Law, codified as Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2021, is the foundational legislation governing corporate entities in the UAE. It replaced the earlier Federal Law No. 2 of 2015, and this same 2021 law removed the requirement for UAE national majority ownership in most business activities.

   What was corrected

   The UAE Commercial Companies Law, codified as Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2021, is the foundational legislation governing corporate entities in the UAE. It replaced the earlier Federal Law No. 2 of 2015. The removal of the requirement for UAE national majority ownership in most business activities was introduced slightly earlier, via Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2020 amending the 2015 law, with the ownership provisions taking effect June 1, 2021.

   Why: The article had wrongly credited the removal of the 51% UAE-ownership requirement to Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2021 (the general Companies Law codification); the ownership change actually came via the separate Federal Decree-Law No. 26 of 2020.

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