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United Arab Emirates Prop Trading Firm for French founders
Setting up a prop trading firm in United Arab Emirates as a French founder is a three-variable problem: the United Arab Emirates entity, the prop trading firm regulatory profile, and the home-country exposure of the UBO.
United Arab Emirates entity
Free zone QFZP requires adequate substance
Prop Trading Firm considerations
Proprietary capital trading across spot, derivatives, OTC.
French UBO exposure
Article 209B CFC, 3% tax on French real estate via offshore, exit tax.
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