Dubai · Nicosia · Moscow
Capital. Ownership.
International Solutions.
An advisory practice for family offices, owners of private capital and businesses.
We structure the ownership of assets and funds and support international transactions and corporate projects. We work where the owner’s personal interests, the interests of the business and the requirements of several jurisdictions meet.
- Over 20 yearsin transactions and ownership structuring
- 4 practice areasownership, transactions, UAE, settlements
- 3 officesDubai, Nicosia, Moscow
- 5 jurisdictionsMauritius, UAE, Cyprus, Seychelles, Qatar
Do any of these situations sound familiar?
It is all in my name. If something happens to me, the business stopsOwnership and funds →
The assets sit in three countries, and nobody can say who really owns themOwnership and funds →
I am selling the business, and across the table sit an investment bank and ten lawyersTransactions →
A partner is leaving, and no one can agree what his share is worthTransactions →
The company in the Emirates is set up. Six months on, still no bank accountUAE presence →
We are owed money. The debt is not disputed. The money still does not arriveSettlements →
Who We Advise
For family offices and business-owning families
Ownership structuring, foundations, succession and control over assets — for families, family offices and other owners of private capital, with the interests of the family and the business kept in line.
Explore the practice → Corporate mattersFor Business Owners and Companies
International transactions, business structuring, UAE presence and support on complex corporate matters.
Explore the practice →Corporate areas: Transactions · UAE presence · Receivables management
Four areas of practice
«It is all in my name.
If something happens to me, the business stops»
A holding company, a foundation or a trust built for the matter: ownership separated from operations, succession written down in advance.
Ownership map
What exists today, what risk it creates and which form answers the question.
Foundation with protected cells
One foundation instead of ten companies: each asset answers only for itself.
Jurisdiction to fit the asset
Mauritius, UAE, Cyprus, Seychelles, Qatar — chosen for the matter, not out of habit.
Reporting where you are resident
Participation notices, controlled foreign company rules and tax residency in your home country.
«I am selling the business, and across
the table sit a bank and ten lawyers»
We stand on your side: we check the asset, work out the structure of the deal and write an agreement you will not have to litigate.
Selling an asset
Preparation for sale, finding and shortlisting buyers, negotiations, deal structure and support through to settlement.
Buying and due diligence
Target selection, full due diligence, risk assessment and its allocation in the agreement, payment structure.
Ownership structuring
Holding structures, foundations and trusts, allocation of interests between partners and heirs.
Post-closing support
Transfer of assets, change of management, reporting and group reorganisation.
«The company in the Emirates is set up.
Six months on, still no bank account»
We take the project whole: company, visas, account and product registration. Final settlement comes after the account is open and payments are going through.
Company and licence
Free zone or mainland — matched to the actual activity, not to the price of a package.
Visas and residency
Owner, family and staff: from the quota to the Emirates ID.
Bank and compliance
The company file and the owner’s portfolio. We answer for the account being opened.
Getting the product to market
Product registration, labelling, laboratory reports, importer of record and distribution.
«We are owed money. The debt is not
disputed. The money still does not arrive»
We preserve title to the claim and carry the settlement through to money. Without buying the debt and without collection agencies.
Reviewing the claim
The basis, the documents, the time limits, the debtor and the payment route.
Preserving title
Time limits, succession and security: the claim remains your asset.
Placing it under management
A licensed factoring company runs the claim in its own name.
Settlement or assignment
Negotiations, the payment route, or assignment of the claim to a third party.
Every matter has its own circumstances. We define the scope of work and the expertise required individually.
Experience you can rely on
What follows is what the practice can stand behind: how long we have done this, the sectors, the geography and the jurisdictions we work in regularly.
The site shows the approach; how the work is built for your matter is something we go through in conversation.
We act for one side and take no fee from the other. Whether to take a matter on is our own judgement, and we say so plainly. The relationship with an owner is built for more than a single transaction.
Six principles, the same in every area
A single point of responsibility
One team runs the matter; you are not passed between providers at every step.
We see both sides of the border
A foreign structure shows up in reporting at home. That is weighed when the structure is chosen, not discovered a year later.
The whole matter or part of it
Due diligence, ownership structuring, negotiations or a single stage — your choice.
We work where the question arose
Our own teams in Dubai, Nicosia and Moscow; local counsel in other jurisdictions.
We tell you when we will not act
If the matter has no workable answer, or the risk is out of proportion to the gain, you hear it at the first meeting.
Confidentiality
Where appropriate, we can enter into a confidentiality agreement before discussing sensitive information.
Let's start with your matter
Tell us briefly about your matter. We will agree on an appropriate format for an initial conversation and explore possible ways forward.
Where appropriate, we can enter into a confidentiality agreement before discussing sensitive information.
- What the asset or the matter is
- Which countries the parties are in
- Where things stand right now
- What result is needed, and by when