Enter the UAE market on the right foundation.
RisePoint is a corporate-services and market-entry advisory first, with residency and mobility planned around it. We help founders and investors establish in the UAE — the company, the structure, the residency, and the banking, as one.
- Practice
- Corporate services
- Formation
- Mainland · Free zone · Offshore
- Planned in
- Residency & banking
- Basis
- One deliberate plan
Establishing in the UAE is one decision, not five.
Company structure, residency, and banking are connected — get one wrong and the others suffer. We bring them together into a single, deliberate plan, so your UAE presence is built to work from day one.
Eight decisions, made deliberately.
Setting up a UAE company is a series of connected choices. We advise on each — and make sure they fit together.
Jurisdiction
Mainland, free zone, or offshore — chosen for your market and goals.
Legal form
LLC, branch, holding company, SPV, or offshore entity.
Licence & activity
The right licence type for what the business actually does.
Ownership structure
Shareholding and group structure for governance and succession.
Office requirement
Premises matched to your activity — and to visa capacity.
Visa planning
Investor and employee residency, planned with the structure.
Banking readiness
Ownership clarity, substance, and documentation banks expect.
Operational setup
The practical pieces that make the company actually run.
A clear market-entry sequence.
From activity to banking — taken in order, the setup holds together; out of sequence, it creates avoidable cost and rework.
Activity
What the business does
Jurisdiction
Mainland · free zone · offshore
Legal form
Structure & ownership
Licence
The right authority
Office
Premises & visa capacity
Visas
Investor & employees
Banking
KYC · UBO · substance
Business setup is a structuring decision, not a registration.
The structure you choose shapes your banking, your visas, your operations, your tax exposure, and your future flexibility. Getting it right at the start is far cheaper than restructuring later — which is why we advise first, and register second.
We provide advisory and coordination, not legal or tax advice. Tax and regulatory positions should be confirmed with licensed professionals.
Where to start.
Four connected ways to establish your company in the UAE.
Business Setup
Company formation
Choose mainland, free zone, or offshore — and form on the structure that fits your activity and market.
Explore Business SetupDubai Mainland
Onshore
Onshore formation with direct UAE-market access and government work.
Explore Dubai MainlandFree Zones
Free zone
Sector-focused free zones with 100% foreign ownership and streamlined setup.
Explore Free ZonesOffshore
International
International holding and structuring vehicles for assets, IP, and cross-border activity.
Explore OffshoreThe parts that make a company actually work.
Setting up is the start. We plan the things that determine whether the structure serves you.
Banking readiness
We prepare the ownership transparency, substance, and documentation UAE banks look for — readiness, never a guarantee.
Investor residency connections
Company ownership can support investor residency — and, for the right profile, a path towards the Golden Visa. We plan them together.
Corporate structuring
Holding companies, SPVs, and group structures — chosen for governance, risk, and succession, at an advisory level.
Corporate and residency, planned together.
Company ownership and UAE residency are two sides of the same move. An investor visa can follow from your structure, and the Golden Visa may be within reach for the right profile. We advise on both — so your business and your life in the UAE are built as one.
Plan your UAE market entry.
One conversation to align the company, the structure, the residency, and the banking.