Foundations and Wealth Structuring in UAE
A foundation keeps your family's wealth together, protected and passed on precisely as you intend. With Wealth Tellers, creating one is clear and fully managed. The structure is shaped around your family and assets, your wishes are set out in a tailored charter, and every stage of the setup is handled for you, giving your business, property, and investments a secure, lasting home.
What Is a Foundation?
A foundation is a separate legal entity with no shareholders. It owns the assets you transfer into it and manages them for the beneficiaries you choose, according to a charter and bylaws you help write. That gives you the legal certainty of a company with the long-term, family-focused purpose of a trust.
The Key Differences
Company
Owned by shareholders, whose shares can be sold, inherited, or disputed
Trust
Assets held by trustees under a trust deed, with no separate legal personality
Foundation
Owns its assets outright, has no owners, and continues regardless of changes in the family
Benefits of a Foundation Structure
> Your wealth stays together
Shares, property, and investments sit in one entity, so they don‘t fragment as the family grows
> Your wishes are followed
The charter and bylaws you approve guide every decision, long after you’ve stepped back
> Your assets are kept apart
Property owned by the foundation is separate from your personal estate and liabilities
> Your heirs avoid delays
Because the foundation continues after you, assets can pass to the next generation without waiting on probate
> Your generosity lives on
Charitable aims can be written into the foundation’s purpose and supported for generations
How a Foundation Works
Every foundation runs on clearly defined roles, set out in its charter and bylaws.
Founder
Establishes the foundation, sets its purpose, and contributes its first assets, with the option to retain key powers
Council
Runs the foundation day to day and manages its assets in line with the charter. Family members can sit on it
Guardian
An optional role that holds the council to the founder’s intentions and the foundation’s purpose
Beneficiaries
The family members or charitable causes the foundation exists to support
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