What the firm does, and on what basis.

Structuring advisory

Cross-border operating, holding, SPV, trust and foundation structures for founders, investors, families and groups. Jurisdiction and pathway planning takes account of licensing, substance, banking alignment and governance together, on the basis that a structure which satisfies one of them and fails another has not been solved.

External legal and tax advisers are instructed and coordinated by the firm where the matter requires them.

• Jurisdiction selection and comparison against the client’s actual operating footprint.
• Holding, operating and special purpose vehicle design.
• Trust and foundation structures, established through licensed providers.
• Substance and governance planning ahead of formation.

Entity setup

Formation and registration of companies, holdings, SPVs, trusts and foundations in agreed jurisdictions, and the lifecycle changes that follow. Most structures are amended more often than they are created, and the firm treats the amendments as part of the same engagement.

• Incorporation, licensing and registration in the agreed jurisdiction.
• Ownership and officer changes.
• Capital, name and activity amendments.
• Restructuring, migration and orderly wind-down.

Administration and governance

The work that keeps a structure in good standing between decisions. Registered office and agent services are provided where the jurisdiction allows, and corporate records are maintained so that the register, the resolutions and the filings agree with one another.

• Registered office and registered agent, where applicable.
• Corporate secretarial support: resolutions, registers, calendars and records.
• Board, shareholder and beneficiary actions.
• Renewals and ongoing statutory filings.
• Ultimate beneficial ownership and substance compliance support.
• Periodic administrative review, according to scope.

Immigration and residency

Coordination of visa and residency pathways for principals, officers, employees and dependents, where the jurisdiction and the structure require them. Every application remains subject to the decision of the relevant authority.

• Pathway assessment against the structure and the client’s presence requirements.
• Applications for principals, officers, employees and dependents.
• Renewals, amendments and cancellations.

Banking

A file prepared to the standard the institution will apply to it. The firm assembles know-your-client and beneficial ownership documentation with the supporting narrative that explains the structure, the source of funds and the expected activity, and coordinates the account-opening process.

Accounts are opened by banks, each applying its own due diligence and approval criteria. The firm gives no assurance as to the outcome.

• Know-your-client and beneficial ownership packs, with supporting narrative.
• Introductions and account-opening coordination.
• Continuing support on signatories, documentation and periodic review.

Accounting, reporting and audit

Accounting records maintained from incorporation rather than assembled at year end, with management reporting according to scope. Audit is delivered through licensed partners.

• Bookkeeping and accounting records.
• Management reporting, according to scope.
• Audit readiness and audit delivery through licensed partners.
• Finance process support where agreed, excluding regulated activities.

Tax advisory and filings

Tax structuring and advice are provided through licensed partners, coordinated by the firm alongside the corporate and banking work so that the positions taken in each are consistent.

• Tax structuring and advisory through licensed partners.
• Registration and filing coordination, including corporate tax and value added tax where applicable.
• Transfer pricing, withholding tax and treaty support through specialists.

Documents and operations

The procedural work that determines whether a structure can actually be used: certified, legalised and translated documents, produced in the form each authority and bank requires.

• Attestation, certification, legalisation and apostille.
• Document retrieval, translation and formatting.
• Coordination across authorities, banks, advisers and vendors.

Account management

A named contact who holds the mandate, so that the client is not required to reconstruct the history of the structure at each new instruction.

• A dedicated contact, where agreed.
• Case management, timelines and follow-up.
• Periodic review to keep the structure compliant and operational.

Further capabilities

Undertaken only where agreed in writing.

• Family office and holding company operating setup.
• Digital presence coordination.
• Operational design for digital asset activity, with legal and regulatory work carried out by licensed advisers.
• Governance appointments, including directorships and trusteeships, accepted only where lawful, licensed and separately agreed.