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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.

In the UAE, the trademark register decides who owns a brand name, and filing first beats prior use in almost every dispute. This guide covers the five-year rule, bad faith registration by agents and distributors, and how founders should structure ownership before a conflict forces the question.

Law No. 14 of 2025 replaced Dubai's thirty year old rules for engineering consultancy offices. Existing offices and engineers must regularise their status by April 2027, or risk fines up to AED 100,000 and suspension.