Qatar Business Setup 2026: Foreign Ownership, Costs, and the Fastest Route to Incorporation

Qatar Business Setup 2026: Foreign Ownership, Costs, and the Fastest Route to Incorporation

Qatar has spent the post-World-Cup years rewiring its investment framework to compete with the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Foreign Investment Law No. 1 of 2019 dismantled the old 49% ownership ceiling, and the QFC and QFZ platforms give international founders common-law comfort and tax holidays.

UAE Economic Substance Regulations (ESR) in 2026: What Businesses Still Need to Know

UAE Economic Substance Regulations (ESR) in 2026: What Businesses Still Need to Know

The UAE’s Economic Substance Regulations (ESR) framework was one of the country’s most disruptive compliance regimes when it launched in 2019. Six years later, the rules have been formally withdrawn for recent financial years — but the historical…