UAE Companies Law: A Clarification

Analysis

Following queries about the legal status of the much-awaited UAE Companies Law, Lexis Middle East Law are able to issue the following clarification

The latest Federal Gazette to be issued was a Special Issue and was published on the 20 February 2012.

This Gazette contained no mention of the Companies Law.

The Companies Law therefore remains a draft law as per the legislative framework of the UAE.

It shall only become law, when it has been published in the Federal Official Gazette

Lexis Middle East Law continue to monitor the progress of this law.