Private Office · Dubai

Relocate.Establish.Acquire.

For UHNW individuals, founders and family offices moving capital and companies to Dubai. Buy an operating business, build a new one, or bring yours here, with one advisor from first structure to signed deal.

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Beyond property

The home is usually the last decision. The company comes first.

Most serious moves to Dubai start with a business question, not a property one. Which jurisdiction. Which structure. Whether to build, buy, or bring an existing operation across. Whether the bank will open the account, and how long it takes.

Private Office is where I take those mandates on. I lead the commercial side, from sourcing, assessing and negotiating to structuring the move, and coordinate licensed legal, corporate, audit and banking partners on execution. One point of contact, one timeline, one person accountable.

And when the business is in place, the residence follows. That part I have been doing for a long time.

01
Relocate

Bring an existing business or holding company to Dubai without disrupting the operation that pays for it.

  • Jurisdiction: DIFC, ADGM, free zone or mainland
  • Holding and operating structure
  • Corporate banking introductions
  • Residency for founders, family and key staff
02
Establish

Build a new company or investment vehicle from zero, structured for where it needs to be in five years.

  • Licence and activity selection
  • Investment holding and family office vehicles
  • Bank account opening, compliance set-up
  • Founder Golden Visa alongside the setup
03
Acquire

Buy an operating business with revenue, staff and customers already in place, after the numbers have been proven.

  • Off-market deal sourcing
  • Earnings quality and operating-cost review
  • Lease, licence and regulatory transferability
  • Negotiation and transition planning
Track record

Selected mandates

Client names, business names and exact figures are withheld. Every mandate runs under confidentiality, and that does not change for marketing.

MANDATE 06 · CONFIDENTIALAcquisition
Hospitality

An operating hotel, for a family office

The family wanted to enter Dubai hospitality through an operating hotel rather than a ground-up development. Occupancy, average daily rates, management arrangements and the room for margin improvement were all tested, alongside a review of ownership and regulatory position with specialist advisers, and the return weighed against the family's own objectives.

Judged as a business and as real estate, not on location and headline price.
Client Asset
Size
AED 80M–150M
Closed in
7½ months
Client
Family office
MANDATE 03Acquisition
Healthcare

Outpatient medical centre

Healthcare exposure for a buyer with no history in a regulated sector. The real question: were the earnings sustainable, and would licensing, staffing and regulatory standing survive a change of ownership?

Client
Size
AED 12M–25M
Closed in
5½ months
Client
Family office
MANDATE 05Acquisition
Business services

Facilities management company

An operating business with recurring contracts instead of a start-up. Diligence centred on customer concentration, renewal risk, working capital, and how much of the business depended on its founder.

Client
Size
AED 15M–30M
Closed in
4½ months
Client
Private investor
MANDATE 01Acquisition
Food & beverage

Premium casual dining group

Entry into Dubai F&B without building a brand from zero. The work was separating a genuinely profitable operation from one that only looked good on paper: financials, operating costs and lease terms, tested before signing.

Client
Size
AED 8M–15M
Closed in
4 months
Client
Private investor
MANDATE 02Establish
Investment holding

A family office's UAE investment vehicle

A Dubai base to manage regional investments. Jurisdiction, structure, banking and ongoing compliance resolved up front, so the vehicle runs cleanly without administrative weight it doesn't need.

Client
Capital
AED 20M–50M
Operational in
8 weeks
Client
Family office
MANDATE 04Establish
Technology · Enterprise software & AI

A GCC headquarters for an international founder

A Dubai HQ to serve clients across the Gulf. Jurisdiction and structure chosen around residency, banking, hiring and the next stage of expansion, with every adviser working to the founder's commercial plan.

Client
Capital
AED 3M–8M
Operational in
6 weeks
Client
Founder
MANDATE 07Open
Yours

Acquiring, establishing or relocating?

Every mandate on this page started the same way: a confidential briefing on what the client wanted to own, and why. Bring the brief.

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How a mandate runs

From first call to keys in hand

Week 0
Private briefing

Objectives, capital, timeline and constraints. NDA signed before anything sensitive changes hands.

Weeks 1–3
Structure & shortlist

The right jurisdiction and vehicle, or a shortlist of acquisition targets that have passed a first screen.

Weeks 3–12+
Diligence & negotiation

Financial, legal and operational review with licensed partners, then terms negotiated on what the numbers support.

Close
Close & arrive

Licences transferred, accounts opened, visas issued. And the residence found, if you need one.

Why Dubai

The case, in five numbers

0%

Personal income tax for individuals

9%

Corporate tax, on taxable profit above AED 375K

100%

Foreign ownership, in free zones and most mainland activities

10yr

Golden Visa for investors, founders and their families

2

English common-law financial centres: DIFC and ADGM

General information as of 2026, not tax or legal advice. Your structure is confirmed with licensed advisers for your specific situation.

Discretion

Your name stays out of it.

Businesses for sale are rarely advertised, and the buyers worth talking to rarely announce themselves. Every mandate is handled privately: under NDA, with a single point of contact, and on a need-to-know basis with the partners involved.

  • NDA before anything sensitive is shared As standard
  • Legal, corporate, audit & banking partners Licensed
  • Property, residency & Golden Visa In-house
  • English & فارسی Direct
By private briefing

Tell me what you want to own in Dubai.

A business to buy, a company to build, or an operation to bring across. Every mandate starts with a confidential conversation.

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Private Office provides commercial advisory and coordination. Legal, tax, audit, corporate-services and regulated activities are carried out by appropriately licensed partners engaged for each mandate. Mandates shown are anonymised; deal sizes are indicative ranges and timelines are approximate.