Registering a Limited Liability Company with Individual Shareholders

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The registration process for a Limited Liability Company generally takes seven working days to complete, and your availability in Abu Dhabi is required throughout the registration of the new company. Please contact the One-Stop Shop for more information regarding a full documents checklist and other important notes regarding this process.

Completion of the following steps will ensure your application is expeditiously processed, although in certain instances, Masdar City may reserve the right to ask for additional documentation / authentication as deemed necessary.

Handover of Legal Documents

The Business Development Associate handling your account will receive your registration documents and review them with you against the checklist to ensure that your file is complete.

Review of Legal Documents

Your file is reviewed by our Registration team. They ensure that the information pertaining to the shareholders and the new company are in order. The review process takes up to three working days. It is at this stage that your file is either accepted or returned with a request for additional information.

Signing of Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association and Issuance of Bank Introduction Letter

Following the acceptance of your file, we require two working days to prepare your legal documents. All appointed signatories will need to make an appointment at our offices to sign the Articles and Memorandum of Association. You will then be given a bank introduction letter from Masdar City and your attested resolution to facilitate the opening of your corporate account.

Please note that at this stage in the process you will need to make a down payment towards:

• Leased Office premises (equal to 50% of the annual rent)
• Registration Fee (one-time fee)
• Annual Licence Fee (subject to the number of segments and activities listed on the licence)
• Rent Deposit (equal to two months rent)

Capital Deposit

The bank introduction letter is valid for ten days; within this time you will need to open your corporate account and deposit the capital as per the resolution. Once you have made the deposit your bank will provide you with a letter confirming the details of the deposit and your new corporate account. The original letter needs to be returned to your Masdar City registration team.

Issuance of Legal Documents & Licence

Upon receipt of capital deposit bank letter, our Registration team will issue your legal documents and trade licence. This requires two working days. Once ready, you will be asked to make an appointment at our offices and sign your lease and collect a photocopy of your license. This should be given to your bank so that they will release funds and enable you to issue cheques to Masdar City for the remainder of your lease period. Upon the receipt of your cheques Masdar City will release all legal documents.