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ESR, UBO, AML — Done Right

Stay on the right side of every regulator. Quietly.

Annual compliance review across UAE statutory obligations — Economic Substance Regulations (ESR), Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR), commercial agency rules. Penalties for non-compliance are AED 50K+. We make sure they don't apply to you.

AED 50K+
penalty avoided
ESR / UBO / AML
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Annual
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Compliance Review
Compliance Review detail
ESRfiled
UBOregistered
Multi-regulator coverage
Filings + registers
Annual review
Risk monitoring
Audit-ready records

Every regulator accounted for.

One team, one fixed price, one set of clean deliverables. No vendor sprawl, no Excel chains, no last-minute scrambles.

ESR filings

Notification + Report annually for relevant activities. Substance test, qualifying-income test, full filing on the FTA / MOF portal — done within deadlines.

UBO register

Real beneficial ownership register maintained per MoE / free-zone authority. Updates filed within 15 days of any change.

AML / CFT compliance

DNFBP / regulated entities — risk-based AML programme, customer due diligence, suspicious-transaction reporting via goAML.

CbCR & multinational

Country-by-Country Reporting for groups crossing AED 3.15B revenue. Notification + filing managed end-to-end.

From compliance audit to year-round protection.

1
Compliance audit

Annual audit across all applicable obligations.

2
Filings

All registers maintained, all returns filed within deadlines.

3
Monitoring

Real-time updates on regulatory changes that affect you.

4
Risk reports

Quarterly compliance dashboard with all positions colour-coded.

5
Action follow-up

Where gaps exist, remediation plan with deadlines.

Compliance without overhead.

All UAE regulators, one team

ESR, UBO, AML, CbCR, FATCA, CRS — one team handles them all. No vendor sprawl, no missed obligations.

Penalty avoidance

ESR penalty: AED 50K+ first offence. UBO penalty: AED 50-100K. AML: AED 50K-1M+ and possible licence cancellation. We make sure none apply.

Audit-ready records

Every register, every filing, every change-log archived. If a regulator inspects, your response is hours, not weeks.

“We thought ESR didn't apply to us. Paci flagged that it did, registered us in time, and saved a AED 50K first-offence penalty.”
TS
Tariq Sheikh
Director, holding co, ADGM

Quick answers, no fluff.

Does ESR apply to me?+
If you carry on a 'relevant activity' (banking, insurance, fund management, lease-finance, headquartering, holding-company, IP holding, distribution, service centre, shipping) — yes. We do the eligibility check first.
UBO updates?+
Within 15 days of any change in beneficial ownership (>25% direct/indirect). Penalties for missing updates apply per regulator.
DNFBP AML obligations?+
Real estate, accounting, legal, gold/precious-metal dealers — registered as DNFBPs with MoE goAML. Quarterly reporting, annual report, ongoing CDD on customers.
What's the cost?+
Annual retainer covers all applicable obligations. Quoted by entity count + activity types. Typical SME range AED 25-100K/year all-in.

Get a fixed quote in 24 hours.

Tell us your entities, regulators applicable, and any prior penalties or notices. We'll quote a fixed annual compliance retainer.

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Don't lose your trade licence to ESR or UBO.

Annual review across ESR, UBO, AML, CbCR — penalties avoided, records audit-ready.