Enter.
Establish.
Expand.
Kizuna is a management consulting firm for businesses entering the UAE and the wider region. We help you establish on the right foundations and expand with confidence, with setup, tax, finance, transactions, HR and government approvals handled by one senior team.
- Established 2021Advising businesses in the region
- Dubai and Abu DhabiOffices in both emirates
- UAE, India and beyondSupporting regional expansion
Most businesses don't need more advisers. They need fewer handoffs.
- Every discipline.
- One firm.
- No handoffs.
Setting up and running a business in the UAE touches many disciplines at once: licensing, structure, Corporate Tax, VAT, payroll, visas, approvals and reporting.
Too often each is handled by a different provider, and the gaps between them become the client's problem. Deadlines are missed, advice conflicts and no one is accountable for the whole picture.
Kizuna was built to close those gaps. One firm covers every discipline, and one senior team stays with you through setup, through implementation and through every year-end that follows.
Eight practices, one point of contact.
From a first licence application to a complex valuation, our practices work together, so your structure, tax position, books and people stay aligned.
Business Setup, Formation & Restructuring
Mainland, free zone and offshore structures designed around how you will actually operate, grow and be taxed.
ExploreTax & Compliance
Corporate Tax, VAT, India GST and transfer pricing, handled with the rigour regulators expect.
ExploreBusiness Consulting & Process Advisory
Processes, controls and procedures that make the business run better, carried through to implementation.
ExploreTransaction & Valuation Advisory
Due diligence and valuations that stand up to investors, auditors and counterparties.
ExploreFinance & Accounting Outsourcing
A complete finance function covering books, payroll and reporting, without building one in-house.
ExploreGovernment & Regulatory Approvals
Municipality, civil defence, free zone and utility approvals, coordinated from submission to sign-off.
ExploreHR & Recruitment Consultancy
Finance talent, compliant HR policies and payroll-linked systems for a growing team.
ExploreBusiness Concierge & Market Entry Support
Hands-on support for businesses new to the UAE, from visas and workspace to local market insight.
ExploreFor businesses at every stage of their regional journey.
We work across sectors and company sizes. What our clients share is ambition, and the need for advice that sees the whole picture.
Entering the UAE
Founders and international companies establishing a first presence, who need the right structure and a trusted guide on the ground.
Establishing and scaling
Growing businesses that need tax, finance and HR foundations built properly before complexity arrives.
Restructuring and transacting
Groups reorganising, raising capital, acquiring or preparing for sale, where the numbers must hold up to scrutiny.
Operating across borders
Businesses working between the UAE, India and the wider region, who need one adviser who sees the whole picture.
The difference is who stays in the room.
Senior from day one
You work directly with experienced, qualified professionals, not a rotating bench of juniors learning on your engagement.
One team, every discipline
Setup, tax, finance, HR and government liaison are coordinated through a single point of contact who understands your whole business.
Built to be executed
We stay through implementation. Recommendations come with owners, timelines and follow-through.
Compliance, non-negotiable
Governance and regulatory risk are built into every engagement from the start, so growth never outpaces your obligations.
Clear from the first conversation.
Every engagement follows the same simple path, whether it is a single filing or a full market entry.
- 01
Listen
We start with your objectives, your timeline and the realities of your business, not a standard package.
- 02
Design
We assess where you stand and design the structure, plan or process that fits.
- 03
Deliver
We do the work: filings, approvals, systems and people, coordinated across every discipline involved.
- 04
Stay
We remain your point of contact as rules change and the business grows.
Rooted in the UAE. Working across the region.
From our offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi we serve clients across all seven emirates and in India, and support businesses expanding into the wider Gulf and Egypt.
Core markets
- United Arab Emirates
- India
Supporting clients in
- Saudi Arabia
- Oman
- Kuwait
- Egypt
- Other markets on request
Starting something new in the region? Let's talk.
Tell us where your business is today and where you want it to be. A senior member of our team will be in touch to arrange a conversation.