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Set up and run your UAE business with one end-to-end team, from company formation and visas to accounting, payroll and HR advisory.

The UAE has launched a formal R&D Tax Credit regime allowing eligible businesses to claim non‑refundable tax credits on qualifying R&D expenditure, with tiered rates, mandatory project pre‑approval and robust documentation requirements. At Grant Thornton UAE we support businesses on eligibility, applications and wider tax advisory needs.

A modern MRM framework needs more than policy statements. It depends on clear roles, a complete view of the model landscape and a validation process that operates across the entire lifecycle. These pillars create the structure that enables banks to demonstrate control, respond quickly to issues, and meet rising supervisory expectations.

The latest insight in our risk and resilience series outlines how organisations can strengthen contractual readiness and protect their position under UAE law. This series is developed to support business leaders to build confidence, resilience and continuity through disruption.

YOUR BUSINESS IS GROWING. SO ARE WE. Grant Thornton UAE is delighted to welcome ten new Partners, strengthening our leadership and reinforcing our commitment to delivering exceptional service to our clients. We remain focused on raising the bar to meet your evolving needs.

Cash flow and operational resilience

The latest insight in our risk and resilience series outlines how organisations can strengthen contractual readiness and protect their position under UAE law. This series is developed to support business leaders to build confidence, resilience and continuity through disruption.

In the next part of our risk and resilience series, we focus on identifying critical services, understanding dependencies and building decision‑making that holds under sustained pressure. This series is developed to support business leaders to build confidence, resilience and continuity through disruption.

The next part of our risk and resilience series explores how organisations can strengthen AML, sanctions and proliferation financing resilience — balancing speed, judgement and regulatory expectation. This series is developed to support business leaders to build confidence, resilience and continuity through disruption.

Read the first insight in our risk and resilience series, which highlights the critical questions leaders should be asking to protect essential services, reduce single points of failure and maintain continuity when it matters most. This series is developed to support business leaders to build confidence, resilience and continuity through disruption.

Grant Thornton’s Women in Business report reveals global trends in gender diversity, leadership representation, and DE&I progress—highlighting the actions organisations must take to accelerate parity and unlock the performance benefits of inclusive leadership.

On 23 February 2026, the UAE Ministry of Finance issued three comprehensive e‑invoicing guides, completing the legal, operational, and technical framework for e‑invoicing. With legislation finalised, ASPs approved, and EmaraTax enabled, businesses must now urgently select an Accredited Service Provider, perform a gap assessment, and prepare systems and processes ahead of mandatory implementation.

Drawing on insights from the World Governments Summit, Dr Osama El‑Bakry explains why the biggest risk facing boards today is not strategy, but the pace at which governance, oversight and decision‑making adapt to policy change.

Grant Thornton UAE’s 2026 logistics M&A report explores shifting regional dynamics, including deal volumes, valuation trends, major transactions, strategic alliances and infrastructure developments across the UAE, GCC and global markets. This data‑led analysis also highlights emerging sustainability and digitalisation themes shaping the sector’s future.

Grant Thornton UAE’s flagship CFO report reveals how finance leaders are navigating technology, liquidity, risk, ESG and talent in a fast‑changing environment.

UAE Federal Tax Authority Introduces Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) Programme