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All board requirementsDFSA board requirements (DIFC)ADGM board requirements (FSRA)VARA board requirements (virtual assets, Dubai)Central Bank (CBUAE) board requirementsUAE mainland and free-zone board essentials (Commercial Companies Law)
Board governance, explainedThe regulated board, explained
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Board requirements
All board requirementsDFSA board requirements (DIFC)ADGM board requirements (FSRA)VARA board requirements (virtual assets, Dubai)Central Bank (CBUAE) board requirementsUAE mainland and free-zone board essentials (Commercial Companies Law)
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Board governance, explainedThe regulated board, explained
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Arakan Govern · Governance and board compliance

Run the board the way your regulator expects.

Policies, board agendas, minutes, quorum, committees and statutory records — with resolutions signed electronically.

For: Company secretaries and boards

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No card needed. One account works across every Arakan app.

What Govern does

Governance and board compliance

  • Minutes Workbench

    A transcript, rough notes or a draft in; formal minutes out, checked against what they should cover. Gaps are shown with the rule behind them, never filled with invented text.

  • Actions register

    Every decision with an owner or a date stays open until a later meeting closes it. Open items carry onto the next agenda.

  • Scorecard and next agenda

    Meetings held against the number required, mandatory topics not yet covered this year, and what the next meeting must carry.

  • Committees

    Audit, risk and remuneration committees with their mandate, chair, members and meetings, and what your regulator requires of each.

  • People and roles

    The positions your regulator requires, who holds each, and where they are in the approval process.

  • Records in custody

    Minutes, transcripts and resolutions kept in Vault, from draft to signed and filed. Signed minutes are sealed.

How it works

  1. 1

    Add the company and its board

    Directors, committees and the regulator that applies.

  2. 2

    Hold the meeting

    The agenda already lists what must be covered and what is still open.

  3. 3

    Write the minutes

    Bring a transcript or notes; Govern drafts and checks them.

Learn the rules first

What the law asks, before the software.

Explainer series narrated over diagrams, with the article behind every claim. No product on screen. Each video is about two minutes and starts the next.

Board governance, explained

For: Directors, managers, company secretaries and owners of UAE companies, on the mainland and in free zones such as DMCC and DIFC: what company law requires of the board, the registers, the meetings, the minutes, the accounts and the filings.

7 videos · about 12 min in all

The regulated board, explained

For: Directors, senior executive officers, compliance officers and company secretaries at licensed UAE firms (DFSA, ADGM, VARA, Central Bank), and the advisers who sit with their boards: what the regulator expects of the board itself.

7 videos · about 15 min in all

Every series and demo

Questions

Which regulators' rules does Govern cover?

DFSA, ADGM (FSRA), VARA and the Central Bank in full. Mainland and free zone companies get the Commercial Companies Law essentials.

Does Govern tell us we are compliant?

No. It shows where your board record stands against the rules it holds, with the reference for each. It is a working record and a checklist, not a legal opinion.

We run boards for several client companies. Does it work for us?

Yes. Each client company is its own record, with its own rules, meetings, committees and actions.

Works with

For companies. The apps share your companies, documents and rules, so nothing is entered twice.

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  • LexaraUAE rulebook library

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Comply

Your compliance manager

Govern

Governance and board compliance

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Client onboarding (KYC/CDD)

Shield

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Scout

Planning your UAE setup

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UAE setup reference

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UAE rulebook library

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