Setting up in Masdar City

• Doing Business in Masdar City
• Regional Market Opportunities
• Special Economic Zone
  • Business Benefits
  • One-Stop Shop
• Setting up in Masdar City
  • Registering a Branch Office
  • Registering a Limited Liability Company with Corporate Shareholders
  • Registering a Limited Liability Company with Individual Shareholders
  • Registration Form
  • Check Application Status
• Registered Entities

Every aspect of licensing and operating from Masdar City – the global centre of future energy – has been examined and refined to ensure companies operating in the city can focus all their resources and efforts on pursuing their business activities. The rest is handled by Masdar City’s One-Stop Shop, a best-in-class service for companies operating in this special economic zone. One-Stop Shop provides licensing, registration, and government services; leasing services; additional business services including travel, translation and insurance; access to shared business facilities and equipment; and fit-out and facilities management.

Our team can answer any questions and will help you review all the legal documentation and your registration form to ensure that you submit a successful application.

  Company Registration Regulations

 Business Licensing Regulations

Six Areas of Activity in Masdar City

• Research and development
• Light industry
• Finance
•  Retail
• Business
• Education

More specifically, partner companies and organisations looking to set up in Masdar City should operate within one of the following fields:

Renewable Energy

• Energy generation
• Energy storage
• Energy transmission and distribution
• Energy-efficiency equipments
• Air and environment
• Water and waste water
• Recycling and solid waste
• Transportation
• Green building
• Organic products
• Non-profit organisation

Cleantech and ICT

• System applications
• Network and infrastructure
• IT service

Marketing and Events

The Masdar City special economic zone has been developed to provide a supportive environment for organisations operating in six activity areas within the renewable energy and sustainable technology field:

• Advertising and communications
• Marketing services
• Media support services
• Event management
• Event support services
• Media consultancy
• New media
• Business information
• Human resources development
• Training and development
• Content development

General

• Service providers
• Consultancy
• Regional headquarters

Three Types of Operating Licenses

Incorporation, which is essential for partner companies, is possible as one of three types of companies:

• A branch of a foreign company or UAE-based company (including companies incorporated in other UAE special economic zones)
• A special economic zone limited liability company with corporate shareholders
• A special economic zone limited liability company with individual shareholders.