Will questions, answered.

A registered document that records how your UAE assets — property, accounts, investments, business interests — and your children's care should be handled if you pass away. Registration gives it a clear, enforceable path in the UAE.

Anyone with assets or family ties in the UAE. Expats in particular benefit, because default succession rules may otherwise apply in ways that do not match their wishes.

Most clients finish the draft and review in under a week, and the working session itself takes about an hour. Registration is an appointment we schedule for you.

Drafts and guidance are available in several languages, with certified translations arranged where the registration framework requires them.

For some matters and nationalities, local succession principles can apply when there is no registered will. A registered will lets you record your wishes within a framework you choose. We explain your specific position in the consultation.

Both produce a valid, enforceable will. The right route depends on your nationality, religion, asset mix and family situation — the consultation recommends one, and the price is quoted before you commit.

Yes. Non-residents with UAE assets regularly register wills — the process is designed for remote signing and registration wherever possible.

Often not for UAE-sited assets. Foreign wills can require attestation and court recognition before banks or the land department act on them, which adds months. A UAE-registered will avoids that step for local assets.

Yes — and we recommend naming both a permanent guardian and short-term guardians so minor children are cared for immediately, wherever they are.

Yes. The will can address travel and interim care so your children can be with the guardian you chose without delay.

Property, bank accounts, investment portfolios, end-of-service benefits, business shares, cars, personal belongings — anything sited in the UAE.

Joint ownership simplifies some transfers, but not all — and it does nothing for guardianship. Most couples register mirror wills so both sides are covered.

Exchange accounts and wallets can be referenced with instructions for your executors. Access arrangements stay confidential to you; the will records who should inherit and who carries out your wishes.

Yes — shares in mainland and free-zone companies can be dealt with in your will, alongside succession arrangements your shareholders' agreement may require.

Whenever you like. Life changes — a new child, a property, a move — are exactly when you should update it. Amendments follow the same registration route, and we handle the paperwork.

Pricing depends on the registration framework and whether mirror wills are involved. Your consultation quote is all-in — drafting, translations if needed, and registration.

The registered original is held by the registration body, and you receive certified copies. We keep a record of your version so your family always knows how to find it.

Notify the relevant authorities and present the registered will. Executors we helped appoint can begin immediately — banks and the land department work from the registered document rather than default rules.

Default succession rules apply, accounts are commonly frozen pending the court process, and guardianship of minors is decided by the court. It is lawful and orderly — just not necessarily what the family would have chosen.