Your Holding Structure Answers the Question of Who Owns It. A Foundation Answers the Question of What Happens Next.

UAE Foundation Advisory — Wealth Succession, Asset Protection & Family Governance

The UAE Foundation is not a company. It has no shareholders. Its assets belong to the foundation itself, governed by a foundation council and a charter that defines — in detail — who benefits, under what conditions, and in what sequence. The charter is a private document. The council meeting is not a public filing. The assets are protected from the personal creditors of any beneficiary.

For a family with assets across jurisdictions, this structure provides something a holding company cannot: the ability to govern the transition of wealth across generations without forcing a liquidation event, a probate proceeding, or a family dispute into a public forum.

The ADGM and DIFC Foundation frameworks are mature, internationally recognised, and purpose-built for this. We have structured them for European, British, and CIS clients whose domestic inheritance regimes — forced heirship under French, Russian, or German civil law — would otherwise reach into UAE assets. A properly structured UAE Foundation removes that reach.

We do not design foundations for the short term.

The Work We Do

• ADGM and DIFC Foundation establishment — jurisdiction selection, registration, and regulatory compliance
• Foundation charter drafting — beneficiary classes, distribution criteria, succession triggers, protective provisions
• Integration with DMCC SPV, offshore holding, and UAE real estate structures — the foundation as the governance layer above the operating structure
• Forced heirship mitigation — analysis for French, Russian, German, and other civil law clients with UAE assets
• Charitable foundation structures — purpose foundations for philanthropic objectives
• Family governance framework — foundation council composition, decision-making procedures, dispute resolution
• Interaction with UAE inheritance law and DIFC/ADGM court procedures
• Cross-border recognition analysis — will the foundation be acknowledged by the client's home jurisdiction?
• Annual governance and compliance maintenance — foundation council minutes, beneficiary communications, regulatory filings

Who This Is For

HNW individuals and families holding wealth across multiple jurisdictions who require a succession framework that operates above national inheritance rules. European and CIS clients — particularly those subject to French, Russian, or German forced heirship provisions — with UAE real estate, DMCC SPV, or offshore holdings. Family offices seeking a formal governance infrastructure that extends across generations. Clients who have assembled a UAE holding structure and have not addressed the question of what happens to it when the principal is no longer making decisions.

The foundation is not an emergency measure. It is the structure you establish when the situation is still under control, so that it remains under control when it might not be. The clients who regret not acting sooner did not act at all. We are here when you are ready.