An overview of UAE Companies Law

According to figures released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Arab Emirates and its fellow members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) attracted more than $81 billion in foreign direct investment between 2001 and 2006. According to the Dubai Statistics Centre of the Dubai government, by the end of 2006 foreign direct investment in Dubai alone accounted for $11.58 billion of this total. All indications are that this trend increased during 2007.

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