Adviceacross thefull context

Advice for clients whose business, investments or personal affairs extend across more than one country.

• International tax planning
• Cross-border tax issues
• Tax residence
• Business ownership across countries
• International investments
• Coordination between different jurisdictions
• Identifying where local specialist advice is required

UAE tax advice considered within the client’s wider international circumstances.

• UAE corporate tax
• UAE tax implications for international business owners
• UAE residence and international tax interaction
• UAE businesses with overseas owners or operations
• UAE holding and investment structures
• Tax considerations when establishing or expanding in the UAE

Helping business owners organise international operations in a commercially practical and tax-aware manner.

• International business ownership
• Group structures
• Parent and subsidiary structures
• International expansion
• Where companies should be located
• Ownership between different jurisdictions
• Commercial and tax implications of restructuring

Advice on whether and how a holding company may fit into a wider business or investment structure.

• Whether a holding company is appropriate
• Choosing the jurisdiction
• Holding operating companies
• Investment holding
• International group ownership
• Tax, banking and regulatory considerations
• Long-term ownership and exit planning

Advice for individuals and families whose wealth, investments or personal affairs span more than one jurisdiction.

• Internationally held wealth
• Multiple residences
• Overseas property
• Family businesses
• International investments
• Tax exposure in different countries
• Long-term structuring
• Coordination of business and personal affairs

Advice on trusts and related structures for ownership, succession, family wealth and international planning.

• Trusts
• Foundations, where appropriate
• Family wealth ownership
• Succession
• Asset holding
• Family governance considerations
• International tax implications
• Coordination with trustees, lawyers and other specialists

Commercially appropriate asset-protection planning considered alongside tax, legal, succession and risk issues.

• Ownership structures
• Separation of business and personal assets
• Family wealth planning
• Risk management
• Succession
• Trusts and holding structures
• Legal and tax considerations

Planning before relocation, rather than trying to correct problems after a move has already taken place.

• Moving personally to the UAE
• Moving business activities
• Establishing UAE operations
• Maintaining overseas companies
• Tax residence
• Management and control
• Existing property and investments abroad
• Timing of relocation
• Restructuring before a move

Advice and coordination for clients whose affairs connect the UAE and the United Kingdom.

• UAE residents with UK interests
• UK property and rental income
• UK businesses
• People leaving the UK for Dubai
• People returning to the UK
• UK tax residence
• International business ownership
• Coordination between UAE and UK matters

Advice on whether a company is required, where it should be located and how it should fit within a wider structure.

• Choosing a jurisdiction
• Company ownership
• Directors and management
• Holding structures
• Banking implications
• Ongoing administration
• Tax residence and substance
• Cost versus benefit

Specialist international tax and cross-border input for accountants, lawyers and other professional advisers.

• Accountants
• Lawyers
• Corporate service providers
• Wealth managers
• Private bankers
• Family offices