Where capital finds structure
Family office, wealth structuring and private capital advisory for families, entrepreneurs and investors establishing a presence in Ras Al Khaimah.
A jurisdiction chosen for its quiet, not its noise
Ras Al Khaimah has become a deliberate choice for international families: a UAE emirate with its own company registration infrastructure, a diversified industrial and tourism economy, and working proximity to Dubai without Dubai’s exposure.
We advise on what sits above the operating business — ownership, succession, governance and the reporting layer that holds a family’s assets together across jurisdictions.
One jurisdiction. Four layers.
RAK is the jurisdiction. Vetted partner firms provide the structuring. RAKEZ builds the operating business. We structure the capital. Select a layer to read it.
The emirate itself: a UAE jurisdiction with its own economic zone and company registration infrastructure, a diversified industrial, logistics and tourism base, and working proximity to Dubai.
Vetted corporate and fiduciary firms that meet our compliance criteria. They incorporate and administer the holding companies and foundations through which ownership, succession and asset protection are engineered.
Our layer. Family office establishment, wealth structuring, governance, succession and the reporting that keeps a multi-jurisdiction balance sheet legible.
The economic zone where the operating company lives: trade licences, professional and industrial activities, offices, warehouses and visas. Handled through rakefz.com, which also covers Dubai and the wider UAE.
What we are engaged to do
Ten mandates, most of which arrive combined. Open one to see how it is structured and where it sits in the silo.
Six questions. An indicative structure.
A short assessment used in first conversations. Nothing is submitted until you choose to send it.
Which best describes the capital you are structuring?
International by design. Deeply connected to CIS capital.
We understand the legal, tax and operational specifics of each CIS jurisdiction — and work equally with GCC, European and Asian families establishing in Ras Al Khaimah.
Structured movement of assets from Russia, Kazakhstan and the wider CIS into the UAE, observing currency-control, CFC and CRS reporting obligations.
Application of the bilateral double-tax treaties to dividend, interest and royalty flows, within a network covering 130+ countries.
Legal migration of holding structures out of Cypriot, UK and other jurisdictions into Ras Al Khaimah.
Introductions to banks in Switzerland, the UAE, Singapore and Liechtenstein — subject in every case to the bank's own due diligence.
Rates and treaty count last reviewed September 2026, subject to applicable law and individual circumstances — confirm current position before relying on it.
Coordination is carried out with independent legal, tax and banking specialists and does not constitute direct presence in these locations. Treaty positions, residency routes and banking access are subject to applicable law, eligibility and each institution’s own due diligence. All client structures are handled in line with FATF, OECD and CRS/AEOI requirements.
The room behind the structures
A private circle of principals, founders and investors operating in Ras Al Khaimah. Introductions are made by existing members, and the guest list is never published.
Small, unpublicised meetings in Ras Al Khaimah for principals who are already operating here rather than considering it.
Co-investment and direct opportunities circulate within the room. Nothing is brokered and no placement fees are taken.
Conversations with people who shape the local economy — developers, operators, and the institutions behind them.
There is no application form and no membership fee schedule published here. If a conversation with us leads somewhere, an introduction follows naturally.
Written for principals, not for search engines
Why RAKEZ rather than DIFC or ADGM, what the structure costs to run, and what the $10m threshold is actually for.
28 min read →Dividend, interest and royalty treatment under the bilateral treaties, and where the reporting obligations bite.
18 min read →The sequence, the documentation, and the parts that take months rather than weeks.
25 min read →A first conversation, held in confidence
Tell us what you are trying to hold together. We will tell you whether Ras Al Khaimah is the right place for it — and route you to the operating side of the ecosystem if that is what you actually need.
Held in confidence and used only to prepare a first conversation.