Amedia Dubai
I  —  Introduction

Dubai company formation,
done properly.

A two-minute introduction from our managing partner, Carl Oz-Buchalet. Founder video · in production. Q2 2026.
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An international fiduciary group, established 1991. We structure companies, residencies, and banking relationships for founders, family offices, and principals across Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and Spain.

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Begin with a structure question

Which one fits your business?

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Three decades, four jurisdictions, one practice.

Est. 1991 Geneva London Dubai Madrid Four jurisdictions Three decades of practice Over forty client nationalities DIFC · ADGM · DMCC · IFZA · RAKEZ English · Français · Español
II  —  Who we work with

Three kinds of principal. One playbook for each.

Most prospects pre-screen themselves against these three patterns. If you don't recognize yourself here, we're probably not the right firm.

🇳🇬🇨🇲🇸🇳 TYPICAL ORIGINS

— ICP 01

Founders relocating their company

Tech, AI, crypto, payments, and trading principals who have outgrown their original jurisdiction. They come to us when the wrong jurisdiction is costing them more than the right structure ever would.

TYPICAL PATH FOR THIS PROFILE

SEE THE FOUNDER PATHWAY
🇨🇭🇬🇧🇫🇷 TYPICAL ORIGINS

— ICP 02

Family offices structuring residency and assets

Third-generation principals optimizing long-term jurisdiction strategy — building a Dubai foothold without compromising their European or American positions.

TYPICAL PATH FOR THIS PROFILE

SEE THE FAMILY-OFFICE PATHWAY
🇺🇸🇮🇳🇸🇬 TYPICAL ORIGINS

— ICP 03

Established businesses opening a Gulf HQ

Operating groups expanding into the UAE as a regional base — needing the formation, the people, and the banking handled in one continuous engagement, not three disconnected vendors.

TYPICAL PATH FOR THIS PROFILE

SEE THE GULF-HQ PATHWAY
III  —  Services

A single coordinated practice, not five vendors with the same address.

Every engagement is bespoke. We do not publish prices because we do not sell packages.

Service · 01

Company Formation

Free Zone, Mainland, and Offshore.

Entity selection is driven by the tax outcome, banking access, and residency plan — not by whichever Free Zone is calling first. We structure across DMCC, IFZA, RAKEZ, DIFC, ADGM, and the Mainland depending on what your operation actually does.

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Service · 02

UAE Residency & Visas

Investor, employment, and Golden Visa pathways aligned to your jurisdiction strategy.

Service · 03

Corporate Banking Introductions

Curated introductions to Tier-1 UAE and offshore banks, with compliance pre-cleared.

Service · 04

Accounting & UAE Corporate Tax

Filing, substance, and ongoing advisory under the 2023 corporate tax regime.

Service · 05

International Tax Structuring

CH · UK · UAE · ES inbound and outbound positions, designed and reviewed in house.

Not sure which structure fits? Tap to explore

Which one fits your business?

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IV  —  The Amedia difference

Why principals pay more
to work with us.

The cheap Dubai outfits hand you an entity and disappear. We are still on the line three years later — usually because by then you are restructuring across a second or third jurisdiction.

01.

One partner, every jurisdiction.

Geneva, London, Dubai, and Madrid coordinate behind a single relationship. You never re-explain your file to a new desk.

02.

International tax advisors, not filers.

Our partners design the structure first and operate it second. Most Dubai shops do the inverse, and the structure suffers for it.

03.

Banking access, not just incorporation.

An entity without a bank account is a problem. We open both, in that order, with the right institutions for your profile.

04.

Thirty years across CH · UK · UAE · ES.

The Dubai practice draws on three decades of Swiss fiduciary discipline. The institutional memory is the asset.

V  —  Speak with a partner

Every engagement begins with one of our four partners.

They speak the language, the law, and the local conventions where you intend to land. There is no junior triage; the partner who picks up the call is the partner who runs the file.

Managing partner · Geneva

Carl Oz-Buchalet

International tax structuring · Banking introductions · CH / UK / UAE / ES coordination across the group.

Book with Carl →
Partner · London

[Partner name]

UK private client · Cross-border tax positions · Trust formation and statutory residency analysis.

Book with London →
Partner · Dubai

[Partner name]

UAE Free Zone & Mainland formation · DIFC corporate banking · UAE residency & Golden Visa pathways.

Book with Dubai →
Partner · Madrid

[Partner name]

Spanish residency · Iberian tax positions · Family-office structuring with onward UAE coordination.

Book with Madrid →

If you prefer to be introduced to the partner most relevant to your file, request a general consultation and we will route the conversation appropriately.

VI  —  Proof

What clients say, after the fact.

— 02:14 / VIDEO TESTIMONIAL

“They relocated me from Lagos to Dubai with DIFC banking secured in fourteen weeks. The Geneva office handled the holding. I have not had to think about my structure since.”

— [CLIENT NAME], FOUNDER & CEO, [PORTFOLIO COMPANY]

[ CLIENT INTERVIEW · PLACEHOLDER · CAPTURED Q2 2026 ]

— FIELD CLIPS · 9:16 · CLIENT-CAPTURED

🇨🇲 → 🇦🇪

OLIVIER N.

CAMEROON → DUBAI · 14 WEEKS

🇨🇭 → 🇪🇸 + 🇦🇪

[CLIENT NAME]

GENEVA → MADRID + DUBAI · 22 WEEKS

🇬🇧 → 🇦🇪

[CLIENT NAME]

LONDON → DUBAI · 11 WEEKS

🇺🇸 → 🇦🇪

[CLIENT NAME]

MIAMI → DUBAI · 9 WEEKS

[ 9:16 CLIENT CLIPS · PLACEHOLDERS · TO BE CAPTURED Q2-Q3 2026 ]

🇨🇲 CAMEROON → 🇦🇪 UAE

“Three accounting firms told me a UAE move was ‘a formality.’ Amedia told me it was a tax-structuring problem first, an immigration problem second. They were right.”

— [CLIENT NAME], FOUNDER, [COMPANY]

🇨🇭 CH → 🇪🇸 + 🇦🇪

“Two residencies, three corporate vehicles, one partner. Geneva, Madrid, and Dubai coordinated as one team. Nothing fell through a crack.”

— [CLIENT NAME], PRINCIPAL, [FAMILY OFFICE]

🇬🇧 UK → 🇦🇪 UAE

“Our previous advisor opened a Free Zone entity. Amedia explained why that was wrong for us, restructured it Mainland, and the bank stopped flagging us within a month.”

— [CLIENT NAME], MD, [OPERATING GROUP]

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VII  —  Case studies
Case study · 01

A Geneva-banked founder relocating to Dubai.

The principal — a Swiss-resident founder of a B2B trading group with operations in three African markets — had outgrown his Geneva-only banking footprint and was facing increasing pressure on outbound transfers.

Working in concert with our Geneva and Dubai offices, we designed a DIFC holding structure paired with a UAE operating entity in the Mainland. Residency for the principal was secured under the investor pathway, and corporate banking was opened with a Tier-1 institution before incorporation closed — not after.

The handover from the Swiss fiduciary practice to the Dubai operating team was a single internal email. There was no second discovery call.


Case study · 02

Family office consolidating CH + UK + UAE residencies.

Three principals, three passports, three jurisdictions of personal residency. We rationalised the family's combined holdings under a single advisory desk, with each principal's domicile preserved.

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VIII  —  Frequently asked

Questions our partners hear on the first call.

In most cases yes — the UAE does not require you to renounce other residencies. The harder question is whether your original jurisdiction will continue to treat you as resident there. We model the position before you decide, not after.

IX  —  Follow our work

Inside Amedia.

Field notes, jurisdiction updates, and case-study fragments from our Dubai, Geneva, London, and Madrid offices. @amedia.dubai

Live grid · in production
Dubai Free Zone setup · March 2026
Live grid · in production
Geneva office, partner interview · February 2026
Live grid · in production
DIFC banking walkthrough · January 2026
Live grid · in production
Madrid residency case · December 2025
Follow @amedia.dubai Editorial · weekly cadence · English & français
X  —  Strategy call

Tell us where you want to land.
We’ll handle the rest.

A confidential strategy call with one of our partners. No sales pitch — a structured thirty-minute discovery, followed by a written summary of what we would do and why.

AMEDIA

An international fiduciary group serving founders, family offices, and operating principals since 1991.

GENEVA · LONDON · DUBAI · MADRID

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EST. 1991 · GENEVA · LONDON · DUBAI · MADRID