Corporate Restructuring & Advisory

Optimize corporate structure for tax efficiency, asset protection, and operational effectiveness.

Overview

As your enterprise expands globally, legacy structures often create tax leakages, regulatory complexity, and operational friction. We design and execute sophisticated corporate re-organizations, cross-border migrations, and asset-holding ring-fences.

What We Provide

Holding company design

Cross-border restructuring

M&A support

IP holding structures

Treasury optimisation

Group rationalisation

Succession planning

Our Restructuring Services

International Holding Company Structuring

Tiered holding architectures utilizing participation exemptions and bilateral treaties to eliminate withholding taxes on dividends and capital gains.

Zero withholding tax on dividend flows Participation exemptions on capital gains Substance-compliant jurisdictions Multi-tiered international groups

Cross-Border Re-Domiciliation & Transfer of Seat

Moving an existing corporate entity from one jurisdiction to another without liquidating assets, breaking contracts, or losing operational history.

Continuity of legal personality Existing contracts & banking preserved Transfer from offshore to mid-shore Full regulatory clearance management

Intellectual Property (IP) Ring-Fencing

Isolating high-value software, patents, trademarks, and algorithms into dedicated IP holding companies with low-tax patent box regimes.

Asset protection from operating liabilities Preferential IP box tax rates (3%–10%) Worldwide licensing agreement drafting OECD transfer pricing compliance

Group Mergers, Demergers & Carve-Outs

Streamlining corporate trees by consolidating duplicate entities, executing statutory mergers, or spinning off business divisions for sale.

Legal due diligence & balance sheet audits Creditor notice & objection procedures Statutory merger execution Tax-neutral carve-outs

Succession Planning & Family Investment Companies

Structuring foundations, private trusts, and family investment companies (FICs) to ensure generational wealth transfer without probate delays.

Voting vs non-voting share structures Family constitution & governance Foundation & trust integration Asset protection against litigation

Our Process

Structural Audit & Tax Modeling

1–2 weeks

Comprehensive analysis of existing group entities, tax leakages, treaty access, and ultimate commercial objectives.

Restructuring Blueprint & Legal Roadmap

2–3 weeks

Drafting the legal memorandum, steps paper, tax opinions, and valuation methodology.

Regulatory Approvals & Registrar Filings

2–6 weeks

Filing merger/transfer petitions, shareholder approvals, creditor notices, and regulatory clearances.

Asset Novation & Post-Restructure Governance

Ongoing

Execution of novation agreements, share transfers, bank mandate updates, and ongoing group governance.

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