DIFC

Free Zone Company Will

Register a DIFC Will to protect your Free Zone and RAKICC company shares.

Free Zone Company Will

The DIFC Wills Service (the ‘Wills Service’) provides an online facility that enables eligible persons to complete and submit for registration a DIFC Will which is specific to their free zone and RAK International Corporate Centre (‘RAKICC’) registered companies.

This ‘Free Zone Company Will’ can encompass up to 5 separate shareholdings in any free zone or RAKICC company situated in the Emirate of Dubai or Ras Al Khaimah. The free zone in which your shares are held must be established in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in accordance with UAE Federal Law and can include any RAKICC registered company shares that you own.

The pre-registration checks for a Free Zone Company Will can be carried out by appointment in person with the Will Service or via the Virtual Registry.

To commence the preparation of your Free Zone Company Will please press the Get Started button below and you will be re-directed to the Free Zone Company Will Portal where you will gain access to our online Free Zone Company Will template and comprehensive explanatory notes.

If using the Virtual Registry, you are encouraged to verify your identification at an overseas identity verification office operated by VFS Global.

Step 1. Choose ‘Single’ or ‘Mirror’ DIFC Will

If you are not married, you should select the Single DIFC Will option whereas if you are married and both you and your wife/husband wish to register a DIFC Will at the same time, then you should select the Mirror DIFC Will option (giving an overall net reduction in registration fees).

Single Will

On the registration of a single Free Zone Company Will.

AED 5,000

Mirror Wills

On the registration of two Free Zone Company Wills.

AED 7,500

Step 2. Consider Legal Advice

Your DIFC Will is an extremely important document and you are strongly advised to consider taking legal advice in its preparation. The Rules set down certain minimum requirements that must be met for a Will to be registerable and if these are not met, your Will would be unenforceable. To help you find a suitable lawyer, the Wills Service publishes a list of legal practitioners that have met certain minimum standards in relation to their knowledge of the Rules and in relation to drafting DIFC Wills. Click here to access this list of approved draftsmen.

I need a draftsman

Select this option if you require a legal practitioner to assist you with the completion of your Free Zone Will

I do not need a draftsman

Select this option if you do not require assistance with completing your Free Zone Will

Step 3. Create your Free Zone Company Will now

To commence the preparation of your Free Zone Company Will please press the Get Started button below and you will be re-directed to the Free Zone Company Will Portal where you will gain access to our online Free Zone Company Will template and comprehensive explanatory notes.

UAE Inheritance Calculator

To get an indication of how your assets would be distributed in the absence of a DIFC Will, please enter the number of all your family members in the table below. You can also add the number of any friends you would wish to benefit.

Heir categories Number Heir categories Number
Sons Half-Brothers from Father
Daughters Half-Sisters from Father
Sons of sons Siblings from Mother
Daughters of Sons Sons of Full Brothers
Husband Sons of Half-Brothers from Father
Wife Full Brothers of Father
Father Half-Brothers of Father from their Father
Mother Sons of Full Brothers of Father
Father (or higher) of Father Sons of Half-Brothers of Father from their Father
Mother (or higher) of Father   Beneficiary Friends
Mother (or higher) of Mother   Other relatives to mother
Full Brothers Full Sisters
Islamic Treasury  
  

To view results, please enter your details and calculate

Disclaimer:

The UAE Inheritance Calculator presented above is intended to illustrate the methodology that underpins the distribution of assets pursuant to local laws in the UAE. Its use by you does not constitute the provision of legal advice by the DIFC Wills Service Centre or the Registry and the figures generated from such use should not be relied upon in your decision making. The determination of the likely distribution of assets pursuant UAE and Sharia Law is a matter that requires expert legal advice from experienced lawyers and scholars. The DIFC Wills Service Centre and the Registry are not, nor purport to be, in a position to provide such advice and nothing on this website or in any materials published or otherwise disseminated by the DIFC Wills Service Centre or the Registry should be construed to the contrary.

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