Every engagement below is based on a real client situation. Names and identifying details have been changed to protect confidentiality.
A 12-person DIFC-licensed investment management firm managing approximately $200 million in AUM. Newly licensed, growing team.
Their in-house compliance officer resigned with 30 days' notice. A DFSA supervisory visit was scheduled for 6 weeks later. They needed a DFSA-authorised MLRO and Compliance Officer immediately.
We stepped in as outsourced MLRO and Compliance Officer within 3 weeks — handling the DFSA notification, reviewing the compliance monitoring programme, updating the AML/CFT framework and preparing the supervisory visit file.
The DFSA supervisory visit took place as scheduled. No findings were issued. The firm now has a permanent outsourced compliance arrangement with ECOVIS JRB, covering MLRO, CO and quarterly board reporting.
A DMCC-registered commodities trading company with annual revenue of approximately AED 18 million. Two shareholders, no in-house finance team.
Their existing auditor was not on the DMCC approved panel — a fact discovered 3 weeks before the DMCC audit submission deadline. The previous year's audit was therefore invalid. Licence renewal was at risk.
We mobilised immediately — collected financial records, conducted fieldwork remotely and on-site, prepared IFRS-compliant financial statements and issued a signed audit report within 11 working days.
The audit was submitted to DMCC before the deadline. The trade licence was renewed without penalty. We now act as the company's annual auditor and have also taken on their monthly accounting and VAT filing.
A German professional services firm with 45 staff wanting to establish a UAE regional hub to service GCC clients — expecting UAE revenue of approximately €2.5 million in year one.
They needed to choose the right UAE structure — mainland vs free zone, which free zone, branch vs subsidiary — with the optimal corporate tax position and the ability to service both UAE and international clients.
We prepared a detailed UAE market entry feasibility study, analysed QFZP eligibility across candidate free zones, recommended a DMCC structure, and managed the entire incorporation and CT registration process.
The entity was incorporated in DMCC and qualified as a Qualifying Free Zone Person — achieving an effective 0% UAE corporate tax rate on qualifying income. The client was fully operational within 8 weeks of our initial engagement. ECOVIS JRB now provides ongoing accounting, audit and tax services.
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