Is a DMCC power of attorney different from other free zone ones?

The format is the same. What changes is the name of the free zone, the licence details and the document list DMCC asks for. Send us that list and we draft to it.

How long is it valid?

There is no general legal validity period. The document states its own term. Some bodies set their own rules, so check with the receiving body.

Our parent company is abroad. Can it grant the power?

Yes. It can sign here with our in-house notary public, sign online, or sign abroad and legalise the document through the UAE embassy and MOFAIC.

Can the attorney appoint someone else?

Only if the document says so. We add or leave out that right on your instruction.

Does it need to be in Arabic?

Notarised documents in the UAE are in Arabic, with limited exceptions. We draft Arabic and English together.

Company documents, UAE free zones

Free Zone Company Power of Attorney

A free zone power of attorney in the UAE lets a named person act for a free zone company at the registrar, the bank or a government counter. A DMCC power of attorney is the same document for a DMCC company. We draft it and our in-house notary public notarises it.

Fee from AED 1,500. Fees may vary with the document; we confirm the figure before you sign.

Send the draft

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In-house notary public at our Business Bay office. Online and home visit notary services across the UAE.

From AED 1,500

Our fee, confirmed before you sign

In-house notary public

We notarise your document at our Business Bay office

Arabic and English

Drafted in both languages together

Any free zone

DMCC, JAFZA, DIFC and the other UAE free zones

What a free zone power of attorney does

A free zone company acts through people. When the manager or a shareholder cannot attend in person, the company gives a power of attorney to someone who can. That person then signs, files and collects papers in the company’s name. Under Federal Decree-Law No. 25 of 2025, a power of attorney is either general or special. A general power written in general terms covers acts of management only, so most free zone registrars and banks want the specific acts listed. The free zone licence decides who can grant the power. That is usually set out in the company’s articles or a board resolution, and the power of attorney should say which one it relies on.

Free zone powers of attorney we prepare

Registrar and licence work

from AED 1,500

Renewals, amendments and filings with the free zone registrar.

Send the draft

Bank accounts

from AED 1,500

Opening, operating or closing the company’s bank account.

Send the draft

Government and visa files

from AED 1,500

Establishment card, employee visas and other government transactions.

Send the draft

Corporate shareholder representative

from AED 1,500

A parent company names who will act for it in the free zone company.

Send the draft

Share transfer

from AED 1,500

Signing the transfer papers for a shareholder who cannot attend.

Send the draft

Closing the company

from AED 1,500

Signing the deregistration and liquidation papers.

Send the draft

What the document must contain

The company, exactly as on the free zone licence

Name, legal form, licence number and the free zone that issued it.

Who grants the power, and on what basis

The manager, director or board, and the resolution or article that allows it.

The attorney

Full name and passport or Emirates ID number.

The specific acts

Each act listed, with the authority or bank where it will be used.

Any limits

For example no borrowing, no sale of shares, or a money limit.

The term

There is no general legal validity period. The term is what the document says, so state it.

The governing language

One line saying which text prevails if Arabic and English differ.

Three ways to get it notarised

At our Business Bay office

In person with our in-house notary public.

Book a visit

Online notary

Online notary public services for signatories who cannot come in.

Ask about online

Home visit notary

We come to your home, office or hospital in the UAE.

Book a home visit

How it works

Send the checklist

Send what the free zone, bank or formation agent asked for, and a copy of the licence.

We check who can grant it

Against the articles, the licence and any board resolution.

We draft in Arabic and English

With the specific acts, the limits and the term.

You sign, we notarise

Our in-house notary public notarises it at our office, online or at your address.

What it costs

Document	Fee	What we need
Power of attorney	from AED 1,500	Draft, passports and IDs, company licence
Board resolution approving it	from AED 2,000	Word draft, trade licence, share certificate, passport or ID
AOA, trade licence or incorporation certificate	from AED 500	Originals and copies, passport or ID

Fees may vary with the document; we confirm the figure before you sign.

What to bring

The free zone licence, the articles of association, any board resolution behind the power, and original passport or Emirates ID for the person signing. Bring the attorney’s passport copy too.

Free zone company

The licence comes from the free zone authority. Filings go to that free zone’s registrar, and each free zone sets its own document list.

Mainland company

The licence comes from Dubai Economy and Tourism or another emirate’s economic department. Filings go there. The power of attorney is drafted the same way; only the receiving body changes.

A company power of attorney being signed at a desk

Name the acts, not a category

“To act for the company in all matters” is the wording most often pushed back. List the acts: renew the licence, sign the amendment, open the account. Name the free zone and the bank.

Who signs, and what we check

The manager or director named in the licence

A board member acting on a resolution

A parent company’s authorised signatory

Original passport or Emirates ID

The company name against the licence

The licence number and issuing free zone

The signatory’s authority in the articles

The acts against the free zone’s checklist

Why free zone powers of attorney are refused

Refusals come from a small set of problems. The company name does not match the licence. The person who signed had no authority to grant the power. The wording is general where the registrar or bank wants specific acts. The document was signed abroad and not legalised. Each one can be checked before signing, so we check them first.

Common problems and the fix

Name does not match the licence

Copy the name, legal form and licence number from the current licence.

Signatory had no authority

Attach or cite the board resolution or article that allows it.

Wording too general

List each act and the authority or bank it is for.

Signed abroad, not legalised

Notarise it there, attest it in that country and at the UAE embassy, then at MOFAIC in the UAE.

Licence expired or changed

Check the licence is current before signing.

DIFC companies

DIFC Courts runs its own notary service for DIFC matters. If your company is in DIFC, tell us who will receive the document first, so we can check which notarisation they ask for.

After notarisation

Give it to the attorney

The attorney presents the original or a certified copy.

File it where asked

The free zone registrar or the bank may keep a copy on file.

Keep the original

Store it with the company’s constitutional documents.

Watch the term

When the term ends or the attorney changes, prepare a new one.

A contract being signed with a fountain pen

Cancelling or changing it

The company can revoke the power of attorney at any time. Notarise the revocation and send it to every registrar, bank and person holding a copy. To change the scope, grant a new one and revoke the old.