The legislative framework in the UAE offers remarkable flexibility for company formation, enabling investors to establish businesses tailored to their financial capacities. A sole proprietorship, for instance, represents a business structure owned by a single individual, with a trade license issued under his/her name.

As the proprietor, the individual has complete control over all financial obligations and liabilities and enjoys the freedom to select office locations without any restrictive provisions governing the rental or purchase of office spaces.

Earlier non-GCC nationals had to compulsorily partner with a local sponsor to establish a sole proprietorship in Abu Dhabi. But the law has changed now, expat entrepreneurs now no longer need to have a local sponsor in uae and they can have full ownership of their business.