Motei & Associates | | Our Services

Motei & Associates recognizes the need for specialist advice and services tailored to professional intermediaries and clients who wish to take advantage of the opportunities that the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZ) Offshore jurisdiction in Dubai provides. Our range of services include JAFZ offshore company incorporation and management, supplementary services such as remail and fax facilities, telephone answering and call forwarding services.

Our local presence in Dubai gives us the local knowledge and expertise necessary to ensure that you are provided immediate and timely services.

All Jebel Ali Offshore Companies must fulfill certain legal obligations in order to maintain their standing. To ensure the smooth running of your company, our Corporate Services Department provides comprehensive services (as mentioned below), both statutory and non-statutory, to suit your company's requirements.

Registered Agent Services

All offshore companies require a Registered Agent in Dubai. The Registered Agent acts as the liaison between the company and the JAFZ. In addition, an offshore company is required to maintain a registered office, which may be an office maintained in the name of the company or the office of its Registered Agent. The registered office shall be the effective address for receiving all of the company’s communications. As part of the Registered Agent services, Motei & Associates provides the following:

• Maintain statutory registers - this will be maintained on a secure database to ensure your company details are kept up-to-date and ready for inspection

• File annual renewals with the Registrar of Companies

• Provide an information sheet indicating the annual statutory obligations of the company

Additional services include: Share Transfer Documentation; Preparation of Annual General Meeting Minutes; Preparation of Power of Attorney; Shareholder’s Resolutions; Board of Directors Resolutions; Changes to Company’s Directors/Secretary; Company Name Change; Amendments to Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Mail and Fax forwarding; Telephone Answering and Message Forwarding Services

Motei & Associates is aware of a company’s need to establish an efficient and effective means of communication with its clients. Motei & Associates can assist in providing mail and fax forwarding services as well as telephone answering and message forwarding services to both existing and prospective clients.

This service includes the provision of a Dubai office address where mail can be received on behalf of UAE and JAFZ offshore companies and subsequently forwarded to a designated address. The service can be provided as follows: Mail forwarding only; Fax forwarding only; Mail and fax forwarding; Telephone answering and message forwarding.

Bank Account Opening

Motei & Associates provides assistance in opening corporate bank accounts and have particular experience with both local and international banks in the UAE. Assistance can also be given to open a bank account in other jurisdictions. Before deciding where you require the account to be opened, please consider the communication barriers you may encounter, e.g. different time zones and different languages (business in the UAE is conducted in English and Arabic).