UAE Made Easy

Explore how to expand your business into the UAE!

Are you considering growth into the UAE market? Book onto Surrey Chambers’ online masterclass hosted by Dr Frank Levene, founder of Blue Link Worldwide, and partner Fragomen LLP to access an array of experts that can support your business with UAE expansion aspirations.

A key hub on the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the UK’s most important trading partners and continues to be a growth market for UK exports.

The UAE is blessed with a strategic location between the East and West, making it accessible to major emerging economies, linking shipping routes and facilitating goods transportation between the various regions in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Africa. Its liberal trade regime attracts capital from across the region.

The UAE offers endless choices of business premises and locations. Depending on your business activity, you are at liberty to choose a place appropriate for the operations, whether on the mainland or in a free zone.

Reserve your space on the external booking page.

Agenda

10:00     Welcome
Surrey Chambers of Commerce
10:05     Partner with the Experts
 Dr Frank Levene, Principal, Blue Link Worldwide
10:15     Crowd – A Dubai Success Story
Mr Jamie Sergeant, Global CEO, Crowd
10:25     DMCC – Where the World Does Business
Ms Khozama Al Saadi, Senior Manager – Corporate Sales, DMCC
10:35     Visa, Immigration, & How To Be Set Up For Success: A Perspective
Ms Elena Caron, Director, Fragomen LLP
10:55     Accounting & Tax: The Challenges
Mr Mohammed Aweidah, Managing Partner, Al Zarooni Tureva
11:05     Banking: Opening an Account & More Besides
Mr Osama Al Rahma, Head of Business Development and Wealth Management, Emirates Investment Bank
11:15     Question & Answer Session
11:30     Closing Remarks

Make the next steps in your expansion to the UAE easy.

All attendees will receive an offer for a FREE 30-minute consultation with Frank Levene, Blue Link Worldwide and Murtaza Khan, Managing Partner of Fragomen LLP, each to be scheduled after our masterclass.

Frank Levene, Founder of Blue Link Worldwide
Dr Frank Levene is a US citizen and UK national, with a lifetime as a senior international executive helping hundreds of companies in support of their overseas expansion aspirations. He has a unique track record of growth in FMCG, financial services, credit cards, travel, insurance, health care in Australia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, the UK and USA.
He has forged and developed strong relationships with high-profile business partners and decision makers, with a solid business acumen and keen insight into a wide scope of business operations throughout the world, including public sector, not-for-profit and FTSE 500 entities.

Fragomen LLP
Fragomen is the world’s leading provider of immigration and global mobility services. The firm has nearly 6,000 professionals and staff in 60+ offices located in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Fragomen offers services in more than 170 countries.
In the Middle East and Africa region, Fragomen service over 70 countries providing end to end immigration and global mobility services including work and residence permit services, document services, business travel, social security, corporate structuring services, business setup, corporate compliance, business expansion, destination services and more.
Fragomen professionals have extensive experience working with multinational businesses, conglomerates, local employers, start-ups and individual investors.