The advisory desk
Insights
Working notes from the people who file the applications — what the rules actually say, what they cost, and where founders lose time. Written against the authorities, not against a brochure.
The archive
Briefings on Abu Dhabi
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Abu Dhabi
The reason to license in Abu Dhabi is a customer, not a saving
Most guides to Abu Dhabi are guides to Dubai with the emirate's name in the title and nowhere in the body, which is possible because tax, VAT, ownership and company law are federal and identical across both. -
Abu Dhabi
An Abu Dhabi advertising licence is a list of things you are allowed to invoice for
An agency's licence does not describe its industry. It lists the activities it may charge a client for, and the first brief almost always asks for two or three things the licence does not carry.
Begin with a clear conversation
Tell us what you intend to build.
A consultant will map the structure, jurisdiction, approvals and likely cost against what you actually described — not against a package.
