Case studies

Real cases, names removed. Structures drawn out.

Every case below is real work we did. Names, countries, industries and figures are changed or removed to protect the client; the structure, the order of steps, the timeline and how it was charged are not. Each one shows the chart we actually built.

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Cross-border structuring casework
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M&A · Pre-sale

Pre-sale restructure ahead of a €180M European exit

A founder-run software group with companies in three countries and no holding company above them, nine weeks before signing a sale to a US buyer.

9 weeksOpen the file
Family office · Multi-jurisdictional

Single-family office redomiciled from London to Dubai

A UK-based family losing the old non-dom tax treatment after April 2025, who needed a family office that genuinely operates in the UAE while their European property kept earning.

6 months, phasedOpen the file
Fintech · EMI

EMI in Lithuania for a Gulf-based payments group

A Middle East payments group moving into business payments in the EU, which needed a licence it could use across Europe, kept separate from its existing parent company.

11 months to authorisationOpen the file
Private wealth · Succession

Private trust company for a family operating business

A second-generation industrial family business where no big trust company would hold the shares, and no single family member could be trusted with all of them.

5 monthsOpen the file
Digital assets · Compliance

VASP registration and banking for a digital-asset treasury

A family office investing in crypto that needed a compliant way to move money in and out, kept separate from its trading business, with bank accounts that would pass a 'where did the money come from' review.

5 monthsOpen the file
IP · Tax

IP consolidation for a software group before a funding round

Software written by contractors in four countries and owned by nobody in particular, three months before investors were due to check everything ahead of a Series B round.

3 monthsOpen the file
Funds

First fund for an emerging manager, launched in fourteen weeks

A two-person investment team with first commitments from both US taxable and non-US investors, and nothing set up at all.

14 weeks to first closeOpen the file
Real assets

Superyacht ownership restructured before an EU season

A 42-metre yacht bought through the wrong company, on advice that quoted VAT tables scrapped five years earlier.

11 weeksOpen the file

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