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About DIFC

Number one financial centre in the MEASA region

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is one of the world's most advanced financial centres, and the leading financial hub in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region.

With a 20-year track record, DIFC is driving the future of finance. DIFC creates value for companies by providing the best environment to accelerate growth.

DIFC provides the most stable and trusted platform for growth

DIFC Authority

Provides an independent legal framework, based on
international standards of justice and English common law.

Dubai Financial Services Authority

Regulates all financial services activities.

DIFC Courts

Administers an independent English common law judiciary.

Free Zone

Benefits including 100% foreign ownership, no restriction on capital repatriation, tax advantages.

The region’s broadest and deepest range of activities in a financial centre

• A business enabler thanks to our range of licenses, visa regimes, and industry development initiatives.
• Most progressive legal and regulatory framework –common law; leading data protection and IP regulations and pioneering digital asset regimes.
• Structures to help your business grow – whether you are a family business, multinational company, or financial services entity.

• DIFC is home to broadest range of business looking to invest in the future economy, whether family businesses, venture capital businesses, private equity firms, corporate funding as well as sovereign wealth.

• The top choice for corporate and investment banks seeking global standards.
• World-class regulatory legal and regulatory framework.
• Collaborative approach between clients, regulators, and authorities.
• Join over 790 regulated firms, 200+ banks, and 27 of the 29 G-SIBs.

• Dubai is home to more wealth than any other city in the Middle East.
• USD 4.8trn of financial capital managed by 40 Middle Eastern State-Owned Investors and USD 300bn+ of Dubai-based sovereign wealth.
• Over 350 wealth and asset management companies make DIFC their preferred choice.

• A global hub for the insurance and reinsurance industry.
• Collaborative approach between clients, IAIS-member regulator, and authorities.
• Over USD 2bn gross written premiums annually.
• 100+ insurance firms.

DIFC is the preferred choice for insurance and reinsurance companies in the region, with over USD 2bn gross written premiums annually.
DIFC offers a world-class legal and regulatory system while accommodating multiple areas of practice in all life and non-life and Islamic (takaful and retakaful) lines of insurance and reinsurance.

• The region’s largest financial services related workforce, consisting of more than 42,000 people
• Personal and professional development with the DIFC Academy
• Seek career opportunities from 5,500+ firms with the DIFC Talent Network

• The #1 green financial centre in the MEASA
• Contribute as part of the Dubai Sustainable Finance Working Group
• Be part of the DIFC Sustainable Finance Catalyst and create a better future

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Our Clients

More than 5,500 clients call DIFC home. Find out about some of our longest-serving clients as well as recent joiners

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Disclaimer:

DIFC is committed to preserving your privacy in line with applicable data protection laws, including DIFC Law No 5 of 2020 ("DP Law 2020"). As such, we provide this notice to help you understand how we process your personal data and most importantly, your rights to access and control our use of it. We encourage you to review the DIFC Online Privacy Policy , which includes information about how to contact our DPO, what type of personal data we process, and retention and safeguards in place to protect personal data. Per our Privacy Policy, if you permit DIFC to keep your personal data, we will not share it with third parties unless you tell us we may do so.