Services · Structuring advisory

Design a structure that holds up, or find out if yours does

Two services, one standard. Structure design builds a new holding or investment structure around what it has to achieve. Structure review tests the one you already have against the principal purpose test, limitation on benefits, beneficial ownership and substance. Both start with a free 30-minute call.

Free 30-minute intro call with the adviser who does the work.

Structuring advisory
Intro callFree, 30 minutes
AdviserAlexander Baranov
DesignFixed quote
ReviewFixed quote
Timeline1–3 weeks
Two services

Build it right, or check it before someone else does

Build

Structure design

For a new holding, platform or group

  • What the structure must achieve: assets, owners, investors, flows, exit
  • Country and vehicle for each layer, Luxembourg or Dutch
  • Every flow mapped: withholding, exemptions, treaties, US overlay
  • Substance plan: directors, office, decisions
  • The cost to build and to run each year
You receiveA structure memo: one page of chart, the reasoning for each layer, and the tests it must pass. Written to forward to your board or tax adviser.
Check

Structure review

For a structure you already have

  • Each flow tested against the PPT, LOB and beneficial ownership
  • Participation exemption and directive conditions per company
  • Substance scored against what each company does
  • Red flags a tax office would see first
  • Where a Dutch or Luxembourg change would help
You receiveA written review: what holds, what is exposed, and what to fix first, in order of risk.
Scope builder

What would the work cover for you?

Answer four questions. You see what we would look at, what you receive and how long it takes, and can send it to us as a brief.

1. What do you need?

2. Which countries are involved?

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3. Anything that adds a layer?

How it works

From a free call to a structure that holds

1Free, 30 minutes

Intro call

We hear what you own and say whether this is a job for us, for a local registrar, or for nobody yet.

2Within one business day

Fixed quote

Scope, deliverable and price for the design or review, fixed in writing.

3One to three weeks

The work

We model every flow, test the rules and write it up.

4If you want it

Implementation

We set up or fix the Luxembourg and Dutch companies and keep them running.

What guides us

We do not sell structures off a shelf

We build the one that fits, and build it to survive a look-through.

Substance first

Every structure is built around real economic function. Form without substance is a liability.

Built to last

We design for where the rules are heading, not only where they are.

Fit, not fashion

The right country and vehicle for the actual goal, including telling you when you do not need a structure at all.

FAQ

Advisory questions

Is the first call free?+

Yes. The 30-minute intro call is free: we hear what you own and tell you whether you need a structure at all.

How much does a design or review cost?+

It depends on the number of companies, countries and flows, and on whether a US overlay applies. After the intro call you get a fixed quote that does not change.

Do you also set up the companies?+

Yes. We set up and run Luxembourg and Dutch companies. For other countries we work with local advisers or tell you who to talk to.

Can you work with my existing advisers?+

Yes. Many clients have a US or home-country tax adviser; we cover the Luxembourg and Dutch side and coordinate with them.

What if I do not need a structure?+

We tell you. About a third of consultations end with the advice that a plain company in one country will do.