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I'm setting up a company in the UAEScout — Choose the right free zone or mainland licence before you pay for one.I run a UAE companyComply — Know what applies to your company and stay on top of it, whether it's a trading firm, a DNFBP or licensed by a financial regulator.I'm a firm serving clientsOnboard · Shield · Ledger · Verify — Deliver compliance, bookkeeping or KYC for many clients from one workspace.I'm researching UAE regulationLexara — Read the law itself and get answers that cite the article.

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Pick the stage you're at and you'll sign up straight into that app. Your account works across every Arakan app, so you can add the others later.

Every UAE company goes through the same stages. Start at the one you're at.

  1. 1Plan

    Where should we set up?

    Compare free zones and mainland, the activities each licence allows and what it costs, before you commit.

    • Free zone vs mainland
    • Activity look-up
    • Cost estimate

    Scout · Planning your UAE setup

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  2. 2Stay compliant

    What do we have to do, and by when?

    Your obligations worked out from your licence and activities, deadlines tracked, evidence and reports kept.

    • Licence renewals
    • VAT & Corporate Tax
    • AML/CFT & regulator rules

    Comply · Your compliance manager

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  3. 3Screen

    Is this customer or partner safe to deal with?

    Check people and companies against sanctions, PEP and adverse-media sources, and keep them on watchlists.

    • Sanctions & PEP
    • Adverse media
    • Watchlists & API

    Verify · Sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening

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  4. 4Govern

    Is the board run properly?

    Policies, board agendas, minutes, quorum, committees and statutory records in one place.

    • Agendas & minutes
    • Quorum & committees
    • Resolutions & e-signature

    Govern · Governance and board compliance

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  5. 5Keep the records

    Can we prove it when we're asked?

    Company records stored for the periods UAE law requires, each with a fingerprint and an audit trail.

    • Retention periods
    • Tamper evidence
    • Audit-ready

    Vault · Statutory records storage

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At every stage

LexaraUAE rulebook library

Take each client from onboarding to compliant — with its regulators and with the FTA.

  1. 1Take on the client

    Who is this client, really?

    KYC and CDD through a client portal: documents, owners, risk rating and the CDD report.

    • Client portal
    • UBO capture
    • CDD report

    Onboard · Client onboarding (KYC/CDD)

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  2. 2Screen & monitor

    Are they still clean?

    Screen clients and their owners against sanctions, PEP and adverse-media sources, then keep watching them.

    • Sanctions & PEP
    • Adverse media
    • Watchlists & API

    Verify · Sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening

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  3. 3Regulatory compliance

    Is every client on top of its regulators?

    Each client's regulatory obligations, gaps and deadlines in one portfolio your team works through.

    • Obligations per client
    • Team assignment
    • Client reports

    Shield · Clients' regulatory compliance

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  4. 4FTA compliance

    Are their VAT and Corporate Tax records right?

    Clients send invoices and receipts any way they like; they're read, sorted and checked against tax rules before filing.

    • Scans, PDFs & WhatsApp
    • VAT checks with citations
    • Review before filing

    Ledger · Clients' FTA compliance

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Comply

Your compliance manager

Govern

Governance and board compliance

Onboard

Client onboarding (KYC/CDD)

Shield

Clients' regulatory compliance

Ledger

Clients' FTA compliance

Scout

Planning your UAE setup

Verify

Sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening

Lexara

UAE rulebook library

Vault

Statutory records storage

Scope

What applies to you

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