International Advisory & Structuring
Structure that holds.
Defensible. Bankable. Permanent.
HNWIs, entrepreneurs, family offices and fintechs operating across borders face one decisive question: is their structure built to withstand CRS reporting, BEPS scrutiny, and the banking access requirements of 2026 — or merely to satisfy a formation agent? HPT Group delivers authoritative offshore structuring across 65+ jurisdictions. Capital protected. Tax position optimised. Banking live.
HPT Group has advised clients referred by leading Swiss private banks, UK law firms, and international family offices. Our work has been cited in professional adviser networks across Geneva, London, Dubai and Singapore.
Who We Work With
Precise advisory for clients with complex international profiles.
Founders pre-exit
You have built significant value and need your structure to be ready before a transaction crystallises. HPT works with pre-exit founders to ensure the holding architecture, residency position, and tax treatment are optimised before the deal closes — not after the taxable event has occurred.
Entrepreneurs relocating internationally
Moving your life and business across borders creates simultaneous questions around personal tax residency, corporate structure, banking continuity, and exit from your current jurisdiction. HPT resolves all of these in a single coordinated engagement — so nothing is missed at the worst possible time.
Family offices
Multi-generational wealth requires a structure that can accommodate diverse assets, multiple beneficiaries, succession planning, and shifting regulatory environments. HPT designs family office structures that are administratively workable, banking-viable, and built to outlast any single jurisdiction's policy cycle.
Fintech & crypto businesses
Payment companies, crypto exchanges, DeFi operators, and digital asset funds face a uniquely layered set of licensing, banking, and structural requirements. HPT has advised regulated and unregulated fintech businesses across ADGM, VARA, MAS, and multiple EU licensing regimes — combining corporate structuring with regulatory strategy in a single engagement.
Senior-led engagements
Every client speaks directly with a director
Why HPT Group
The rigour of a Big 4 firm. The access and candour they cannot offer.
Big 4 rigour — without Big 4 constraints
The major accountancy firms operate under minimum fee structures, conflict protocols, and institutional risk committees that make them structurally incapable of serving private clients with agility. Junior associates deliver most of the work. HPT provides principal-level engagement and candid jurisdiction recommendations — without the organisational friction.
Banking access as a core competency
We know which banks open accounts for which structures in 2026. That knowledge is maintained through live correspondent relationships across 40+ banking jurisdictions. Structure design without a credible banking strategy is architectural malpractice. Every HPT engagement includes a sequenced banking plan before a single entity is formed.
Implementation speed that outpaces conventional advisory
Traditional international tax advisors operate on 12–18 month engagement cycles, producing reports qualified with caveats. HPT moves from signed engagement to implemented structure in 60–120 days. We hold relationships with formation agents, registered offices, and compliance officers across every core jurisdiction — and activate them immediately.
Compliance-first, not compliance-retrofit
CRS, FATCA, BEPS Pillar Two, economic substance legislation, controlled foreign company rules — these are not afterthoughts at HPT. Every structure is designed with its disclosure profile, substance requirements, and regulatory defensibility as primary inputs. Clients who come to us after building non-compliant structures elsewhere invariably find that remediation costs more than doing it right the first time.
Nine Practice Areas
Everything required to protect, structure and access your capital globally.
By Jurisdiction
Start with the jurisdiction that fits your situation.
Global Network
Direct experience across the world's leading financial centres.
Our Process
From first conversation to fully implemented structure.
Apply
Submit your confidential application. We ask about your business model, revenue structure, asset base, current entities, and objectives. There is no obligation at this stage. We review every application personally — we take on fewer than 30% of enquiries — and will confirm within 48 hours whether we can help and on what terms.
Diagnosis
A senior director — not an associate, not an analyst — reviews your full situation and delivers a frank assessment. We tell you precisely what is achievable, what is not, which jurisdictions apply to your profile, and what the realistic banking options are in 2026. No softening of bad news. No upselling of structures you do not need. You receive this in writing.
Blueprint
We design your complete international structure from first principles: entity types, jurisdictions, ownership architecture, banking strategy, tax residency plan, CRS and BEPS compliance position, economic substance requirements, and a sequenced implementation roadmap. The Blueprint is a formal written memorandum — typically 30–60 pages — that your lawyers, accountants, and bankers can work from directly.
Implementation
We execute every step of the roadmap. Companies incorporated, trust deeds drafted, bank account applications filed, nominee directors appointed where appropriate, registered agent relationships established, corporate secretary services arranged. You receive written confirmation at every milestone. Most full structures — from signed engagement letter to live banking — are operational within 60–120 days.
Advisory Packages
Fixed-fee. Written deliverable. Clear path forward.
Two packages. Both produce a formal written memorandum you can act on immediately — and share directly with your legal, tax, and banking advisors. No retainers. No ambiguity. No hourly billing that expands without limit.
The Diagnosis fee is credited in full toward the Blueprint if you proceed
Delivered within 5–10 business days (Diagnosis) or 3–6 weeks (Blueprint)
Full implementation available: entity formation, banking, corporate secretarial, registered office
Every engagement is led by a Managing Director — not delegated to associates
Engagements subject to KYC/AML onboarding and suitability assessment
Single Issue Diagnosis
A 90-minute senior advisory session followed by a formal written memorandum addressing one specific question. Scoped, focused, and actionable. Designed for clients who face a defined decision and require authoritative written guidance before proceeding.
- Jurisdiction selection for a specific structure or activity
- Banking viability assessment for an existing entity
- Tax residency options for a specific personal profile
- Compliance review of an existing offshore structure
- Written memorandum delivered within 5–10 business days
Entrepreneur Blueprint
A complete international structure design engagement. We analyse your full situation — corporate history, revenue model, asset base, residency, banking requirements — and produce a definitive written Blueprint covering entity architecture, jurisdiction selection, ownership structure, tax residency, banking strategy, and a sequenced implementation roadmap.
- Full multi-jurisdictional structure design
- Entity type and jurisdiction recommendations with rationale
- Ownership and nominee architecture
- Banking strategy — named institutions, account types, sequencing
- Tax residency planning and exit roadmap
- CRS, BEPS, and substance compliance analysis
- Sequenced implementation roadmap (30–60 page written memorandum)
Client Voices
Structures that work. Clients who stay.
I had been putting off restructuring for three years. Every time I engaged an advisor, I received either a generic offshore template or a proposal that would take 18 months and cost more than my annual legal budget. HPT was different. They diagnosed the real problem in the first call, gave me a written roadmap within two weeks, and had my structure — Singapore holdco, UAE operating entity, Cayman fund vehicle — fully implemented in under four months. The cost of the delay was far higher than the cost of getting it right.
Our US counsel was excellent domestically, but they couldn't advise on the offshore piece — ADGM licensing, UAE residency, the BVI holdco layer. HPT filled that gap precisely. They knew which banks would open for our structure, which ones wouldn't touch it, and why. That kind of granular banking intelligence saved us months.
I came to HPT having already wasted £40,000 on advice from a firm that built me a structure without understanding my banking requirements. Will spent 90 minutes with me, identified the problem immediately, and had a corrected structure — with workable banking — live within eight weeks. I wished I had called them first.
We serve clients in 22 countries and needed an entity architecture that worked across CRS reporting, local substance requirements, and VC due diligence. The Blueprint HPT produced was the most authoritative document we received from any advisor. Our lawyers in three jurisdictions all said the same thing.
Intelligence Library
From the HPT intelligence library.
A Practical Guide to Leaving the UK Tax System Legally
Leaving the UK without a precisely structured departure exposes you to continued HMRC liability, CGT on disposals, and domicile-based IHT. This guide covers statutory residence tests, split-year treatment, and the specific steps required to sever UK tax residency correctly.
Read articleDoes Moving to Dubai Really Mean 0% Tax? What Zero Tax Actually Means — and What It Does Not
The UAE levies no personal income tax, no capital gains tax, and no inheritance tax on individuals. But the absence of direct personal tax does not mean an absence of obligations. CRS reporting, substance requirements, and home-country exit rules all apply — and are frequently misunderstood.
Read articleCFC Rules: The Hidden Force Shaping Offshore Structures
Most jurisdictions operate CFC regimes that can attribute offshore profits back to a resident shareholder, negating the tax benefit of an international structure. Understanding which rules apply — UK, German, Australian, or otherwise — is not optional. It is the foundation of any defensible structure.
Read articleInsights
The intelligence behind every structure.
Begin Your Engagement
The cost of delay is always higher than the cost of getting it right.
Most of our clients came to us after years of putting off structuring — convinced it was too complex, too expensive, or not yet necessary. The capital exposed during that period, the banking relationships that couldn't be opened, the exits taxed at the wrong rate: those costs compound silently. Apply below. We will tell you directly what is possible and what it costs.