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Bridge facilities in the UAE fail on licensing, security registration and enforceable interest. This guide sets out who may lend under the 2025 Central Bank law, how each type of security is perfected, and what UAE courts allow on default.

A SAFE carries no repayment obligation or maturity date, unlike a convertible loan note. Which instrument protects founders best in the UAE depends on jurisdiction, since mainland, DIFC, and ADGM treat conversion mechanics differently.

Vesting and exercising an option gives an employee shares, but moving those shares to a buyer is a separate legal transaction governed by pre-emption rights, drag-along clauses, and jurisdiction-specific transfer rules. This guide covers how a secondary sale actually runs in a mainland LLC versus a DIFC or ADGM company, from pre-emption notice to registration.