Moving to Dubai from the UK: a plan for families and business owners
Moving to Dubai from the UK with a business, property or family wealth: the UK and UAE decisions to take, in order, with official sources for each.
Dubai · since 2012
Trust. Tax. Transfer.
We plan how your wealth is held, taxed and passed on, wherever you live.
- Since 2012
- Licensed in Dubai, DMCC JLT-68000
- RAK ICC registered agent
- Our founder works across London, Dubai and Singapore
What we do
We plan where you live, how your wealth is held and who inherits it as one, and carry out the plan with the licensed banks, lawyers and trustees each step needs.
Trust
We plan how your wealth is held and protected, through UAE companies, holding companies and foundations that give a family one owner for its assets. We form and run the companies under our own DMCC licence and as a RAK ICC registered agent; licensed agents set up the foundations.
Tax
We plan where you and your companies are taxed: residence and the Golden Visa, the rules of the country you are leaving, and UAE corporate tax, with the accounts behind it.
Transfer
We plan how your wealth passes to the people you intend, under the law of every country involved: wills, succession, Shariah rules and pensions.
TrustWe plan how your wealth is held and protected, through UAE companies, holding companies and foundations that give a family one owner for its assets. We form and run the companies under our own DMCC licence and as a RAK ICC registered agent; licensed agents set up the foundations.
TaxWe plan where you and your companies are taxed: residence and the Golden Visa, the rules of the country you are leaving, and UAE corporate tax, with the accounts behind it.
TransferWe plan how your wealth passes to the people you intend, under the law of every country involved: wills, succession, Shariah rules and pensions.
About us
One firm for the whole matter
Marlborough Gulf is a cross-border estate planning firm for internationally mobile families. Since 2012 we have worked from Dubai with families whose lives, businesses and assets span more than one country. Its founder, Kris Bhalla, works across London, Dubai and Singapore, alongside Swiss private banks, insurers and law firms. We stay impartial and act for the family. One person at the firm runs the whole matter: the plan, its order, and every licensed specialist it needs, to one timetable.
About the firmHow a Full Mandate works
You approve the plan before anything is signed. You appoint and contract with each specialist directly.
Consultation
What we do: We start with your family, your business, your homes and assets, and what you want to change.
What a licensed partner does: Nothing yet. No specialist is appointed and nothing is committed.
The plan
What we do: We set out the decisions in front of you, the order to take them in, and who handles each one.
What a licensed partner does: Nothing yet. The plan names the licensed specialist each regulated step will need.
The team
What we do: We introduce a licensed specialist for each regulated step.
What a licensed partner does: Tax advisers, law firms, banks and insurers advise on their part. You appoint and contract with each one directly.
Companies and structures
What we do: We form and administer UAE companies, including RAK ICC companies, and keep their accounts.
What a licensed partner does: Law firms draft the wills and legal documents the structure needs, and licensed registered agents set up any DIFC or ADGM foundation.
Delivery
What we do: One point of contact coordinates every adviser and deadline against the agreed timetable.
What a licensed partner does: Banks, registries and, where a trust is used, the trustee you appoint complete their steps.
Afterwards
What we do: We handle annual registry filings, accounts and renewals, and review the structure when the law or your family changes.
What a licensed partner does: Your licensed advisers continue to advise on their own areas.
Licences and regulation
The firm, on the record
- Licensed by
- Dubai Multi Commodities Centre
- Licence
- JLT-68000
- Registered agent of
- RAK International Corporate Centre
- Licensed for
- Management consultancy, accounting and bookkeeping, corporate services, tax consultancy
Marlborough Gulf DMCC isn't regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, the UK Financial Conduct Authority or any other financial regulator, and doesn't give investment, pension or insurance advice. Where a service needs a licence, it's provided by a licensed partner.
Guides
Each guide answers one question, cites the law or official page it relies on, and shows the date we last checked it.
Contact
Cluster M, Jumeirah Lakes Towers
Dubai, UAE
Our office
Office 508, HDS Business CentreCluster M, Jumeirah Lakes Towers
Dubai, UAE
Tell us where your life and your wealth stand today. We will set out what to decide, and in what order.
- Post
- P O Box 478355, Dubai, UAE
- Visits
- By appointment
Send us a message and a member of our team will reply by email.