What We Do
Our Services
Comprehensive corporate solutions tailored for the Dubai International Financial Centre and beyond.
DIFC Company Setup
Set up your company in the DIFC, a common-law financial free zone in Dubai. Designed for regulated and non-regulated business activities. Structured for compliance, credibility, and global operations.
Family Office Setup
Comprehensive family office formation services delivering bespoke structures, regulatory compliance, and integrated wealth management solutions for ultra-high-net-worth families.
Fund Setup
End-to-end investment fund formation and setup services in DIFC, including fund structuring, regulatory licensing, PPM drafting, and ongoing compliance support.
Fund & SPV Support
Specialised fund administration and SPV support services for investment funds, family offices, and investment vehicles operating in DIFC.
Residency & Banking Concierge
End-to-end UAE visa processing and corporate banking support for business owners, key personnel, and their families operating through DIFC entities.
DIFC Foundations
Establish a DIFC Foundation for asset protection and succession planning. A robust legal structure for holding and managing wealth, built for long-term control, governance, and legacy planning.
DIFC Prescribed Company (SPV)
Establish special purpose vehicles and holding structures in the DIFC for investment holding, wealth management, and asset protection.
Company Secretarial & Governance
Professional company secretarial services ensuring compliance with DIFC regulations and best practice corporate governance for all DIFC entity types.
Compliance & Economic Substance
UAE compliance and substance services: closing out legacy ESR matters, substance for Qualifying Free Zone Person status, corporate tax compliance and AML/CFT frameworks.
Accounting & Tax
Accounting, financial reporting, and tax compliance services for DIFC-registered entities. From bookkeeping and management accounts through to UAE corporate tax and VAT filings, Atlas keeps your finances in order.
Beyond the service lines
Two mandates cut across every service above. One is the ongoing administration an entity needs for as long as it exists. The other is the set of questions that only arise when the owner is not in the UAE.
Corporate Administration
Registered office, statutory registers, beneficial ownership and filings for DIFC and ADGM entities, including those formed elsewhere.
Setting Up From Abroad
What is the same wherever you are coming from, what genuinely differs by country, and the guides for the UK, Europe and India.
Frequently asked questions
Which Atlas service do I need?
It depends on what the entity has to do. If it will trade, employ or advise, start with DIFC company setup. If it will only hold assets, a Prescribed Company or SPV. If the question is who owns the family's assets and how they pass on, a DIFC Foundation. If you are raising or managing money for others, fund setup. If you are not sure, the Structure Selector asks the eight questions we would ask on a first call and points you at the right page.
Is Atlas regulated?
Atlas Corporate Services is registered with the Dubai Financial Services Authority as a Designated Non-Financial Business or Profession, reference F012915, which is the status a corporate services provider holds in the DIFC. That is a registration, not an authorisation to provide financial services: Atlas does not manage money, act as trustee or give investment advice. Where a structure needs an authorised firm, we say so and work alongside one.
Do you work in ADGM as well as the DIFC?
Yes. Atlas forms and administers companies, SPVs, foundations and family office structures in both centres, and the choice between them is usually the first thing we help a client decide. The comparison guides on this site are written from that position rather than from a single-centre one.
Do you administer the entity after it is formed, or only form it?
Both, and the administration is the larger part of the relationship. Formation takes weeks; the registered office, statutory registers, beneficial ownership filings, confirmation statements, licence renewals and corporate tax returns run for as long as the entity exists. For a DIFC Prescribed Company that appointment is now mandatory unless the company is exempt.
Who does the accounting and tax work?
Accounting, financial statements, VAT and corporate tax compliance are delivered through the wider Atlas group, which includes the group's accounting and tax practice. Your Atlas contact coordinates it so that the corporate record and the financial record are kept by people who talk to each other.