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The Dubai International Finance Centre has introduced sweeping reforms to its Prescribed Company regime, removing previous eligibility restrictions while implementing mandatory Corporate Service Provider requirements. These changes fundamentally reshape how international investors, family offices and corporate groups can establish and maintain holding structures in the DIFC, with existing entities facing a January 2027 compliance deadline.

The New UAE Civil Code introduces significant reforms to contract law, establishing mandatory good faith obligations in negotiations, comprehensive disclosure requirements that cannot be contracted out of, and modernised rules for contract formation and interpretation. These changes fundamentally reshape how commercial parties must conduct pre-contractual negotiations and structure their agreements in the UAE.