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In Scope · What applies to you

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Apps

For companies

ComplyGovern

For firms serving clients

OnboardShieldLedgerBecome an Arakan adviser

For setting up

ScoutAtlas

Screening, rules and records

VerifyLexaraVaultScope

Free guides

Free zonesBusiness activitiesUAE laws and rulebooksRegulatory updates
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Watch

Explainer videos and demosLexara Academy

Read

Tax and compliance glossaryBriefingsCompliance scenariosLexara Weekly

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Apps/Scope

Arakan Scope · What applies to you

Which UAE authorities apply to a company, and why.

Works out which UAE authorities and obligations apply from jurisdiction, activities and structure. Built into Comply.

For: Compliance teams scoping an entity

Start free with Scope Open Scope

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

What Scope does

What applies to you

  • Starts from the company profile

    Jurisdiction, primary activity (ISIC), employee count, licence type and sector, taken from the company record.

  • Every decision explained

    Each authority shows why it applies or doesn't. The checks are rules, not guesses.

  • Requirements by area

    In-scope authorities with their requirements, grouped into governance, finance, AML/CFT, labour and sector rules.

  • Overrides with a reason

    Change any decision with a written reason. Every override is logged.

  • Re-check when the business changes

    A new activity, jurisdiction or licence can be scoped again, showing which authorities came into or out of scope.

  • The base for Comply

    The confirmed scope builds the obligation register in Comply.

How it works

  1. 1

    Describe the company

    Or use a company already set up in Arakan.

  2. 2

    Review the scope

    Each authority with the reason it applies or doesn't.

  3. 3

    Confirm it

    The obligations follow into Comply.

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.

Your regulatory perimeter, explained

For: Founders, owners and managers of UAE companies, and the advisers who set them up: why one company answers to several authorities, which ones, and what moves the line when the business changes.

5 videos · about 10 min in all

Every series and demo

Questions

Is Scope a separate app?

Scope is built into Comply. It is also open on its own for teams that want to scope an entity before taking it on.

Is it an AI guess?

No. Each authority is checked against explicit conditions, and the reason is always shown.

Works with

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

  • ComplyYour compliance manager
  • LexaraUAE rulebook library
  • ShieldClients' regulatory compliance

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Start free with Scope.

Start free Already have an account? Open Scope
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11 apps

Comply

Your compliance manager

Govern

Governance and board compliance

Onboard

Client onboarding (KYC/CDD)

Shield

Clients' regulatory compliance

Ledger

Clients' FTA compliance

Scout

Planning your UAE setup

Atlas

UAE setup reference

Verify

Sanctions and PEP screening

Lexara

UAE rulebook library

Vault

Statutory records storage

Scope

What applies to you

Business setup by activity

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