Q: Can a power of attorney holder (staff) or the local partner in Dubai change the 49% partner without his or her consent? If changed, how is it possible to get the new changed LLC agreement for our reference? Please advise.

Q: Salam Alaikum, I need your help to solve my issue. We have started one tourism company in Sharjah Media City free zone in Jan 2018. I was a 20% shareholder. But in the month of Nov, my other partner came and asked me to remove my name as a manager from the license because he has some money in KSA and will bring to Dubai and then through this company will transfer to Japan. He will remove my name from the bank and then he can do this. I agreed verbally. But now I came to know that he transferred my shares to his name. But still, I am receiving the du bills under my name. The guarantee cheques issued under my signature. We are operating a cruise in Deira. The contract is under my name. for the last 1 year, I have not received any money for my shares. Immigration card still has my name. 2 days ago, one guy from that partner filed a complaint in Naif Police that I am not the partner and they want me not to come to the cruise. The cruise agreement is under my name and company name with my signature. Kindly help me in this regard.

Q: I hold a 25% stake in a Free Zone company in Dubai, with my business partner holding a 75% share and therefore being the majority shareholder. In April 2017, there was an agreement between myself and my partner, in which he agreed to transfer all of his shares to me. Upon this agreement, we both signed and stamped a request for transfer of shares document as well as a shareholders resolution. These documents were then submitted to the Free Zone Authority but then were subsequently withdrawn without my knowledge. As far as I was aware the documents were still being processed and I only found out about the withdrawal of the documents when I followed up with the Free Zone Authority. The Free Zone Authority has since acknowledged that they should not have returned the documents and are trying to mediate between myself and my business partner to submit the documents again but he is refusing to do so. I want to know what legal action I can take against my partner for his actions.

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