The licence is issued and the bank is expecting you. Duon establishes, researches and operates in the UAE for a small number of clients — and invests in this market itself.
We establish, research and operate in the United Arab Emirates for a small number of clients entering this market — and we invest in this market ourselves.
We do not publish our clients. What we do is set out below, precisely. Who we do it for is not.
Customers, channel and competition interviewed here, before we advise on any of them.
The person who takes the meeting is the person who does the work — and whose own money is in this market.
We take positions alongside you, with a seat at the table and a hand in the operating decisions.
Formation, licensing & bankingJurisdiction and activity selection, freezone or mainland, establishment, visas, registered office, corporate accounts.
Market research, in personCustomer and channel interviews, pricing and demand testing, supplier and distributor diligence.
Introduction & negotiationPartners, distributors and first customers identified, approached and negotiated with on your behalf.
Interim management, on the groundSomebody accountable here while the entity finds its feet, reporting to you.
Investment, alongside youPositions in businesses entering or operating in the UAE, held with a seat at the table.
Property, held directlyA residence in Dubai, held and let directly by the principal.
Go / no-go, on evidence.
Formed and licensed.
Accounts open.
Research, in person.
Introduced, negotiated.
The first trade.
Our own capital in.
The firm’s principal holds a residence in Dubai and lets it himself. No managing agent, no intermediary, and the same market we put clients into.
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The person who takes the meeting is the person who does the work, and the person whose own money is in this market. When this page says a partner or a banker is known to us personally, that is who is meant.
Specialists are brought in per mandate: corporate service providers, legal and tax counsel, banking contacts, operators already trading here. What does not happen is a mandate sold by one person and delivered by someone you have not met.
Specialists are brought in per mandate and work each field toward one thing — your goal in this market.
Entity, activity and jurisdiction selection, banking and registration.
Customer, channel and competitor interviews, conducted here in person.
Corporate accounts, settlement and the relationships that move an entry.
Licensed specialists identified and coordinated where a mandate requires them.
Partner introductions, negotiation and the positions we take alongside you.
You will hear back from the principal, not an assistant.