From SPV to legacy. Property structures that bank, defend and pass on.
Cross-border SPVs for prime residential and commercial real estate. SDLT, ATED, IHT, NRCGT modelling. Lender-acceptable, audit-defensible.
Property is acquired in days. The structure that holds it lives for thirty years.
Most acquisition advice ends at completion. We start there. The SPV that holds your London flat, the company that owns the Dubai tower, the trust that consolidates the family's European portfolio: those decisions compound across SDLT, ATED, NRCGT, mortgage, IHT and ultimately succession. We design the holding architecture before the conveyancer is briefed.
The four decisions that determine the next twenty years.
Where does the SPV live?
Jersey, Guernsey, BVI, Luxembourg, UAE, Cyprus, Malta. Each carries different SDLT, ATED, NRCGT and IHT consequences for UK and EU property. We model each before formation.
Will the lender accept the structure?
Mortgage approval is the second hurdle after acquisition. We coordinate with the lender's structuring counsel and structure-test against the bank's actual matrix.
How does the structure survive the next generation?
Trust, foundation or family-office wrapper. The holding architecture is designed around the family's succession plan, not around this year's tax bill.
What happens at exit?
CGT, NRCGT, ATED, treaty position, and where the proceeds go next. Modelled at acquisition so the exit is not a surprise.
The service lines this audience uses most.
Each service is owned by a named director. The same services exist across our full firm — these are the ones this audience engages most often.
Real Estate Structuring
Hold prime real estate through compliant SPVs in tax-efficient jurisdictions.
Trusts & Foundations
Discretionary, fixed-interest, purpose, and reserved-power trusts. Panama and Nevis foundations.
Offshore Company Formation
BVI, Cayman, UAE, Singapore, UK, Delaware, and 75 more, onshore and offshore. Banking-ready entities with documented substance.
International Banking
Introductions to 25+ active private and corporate banks across the UK, EU, GCC, APAC, Caribbean and US.
Fiduciary & Compliance Coordination
Independent directors, AML programme design, economic substance and middle-office coordination for offshore structures, delivered through licensed counterparties.
Tax Residency Planning
Establish defensible tax residency in zero-tax jurisdictions. UAE, Monaco, Cayman and more.
The jurisdictions this audience uses most often.
We hold active relationships with formation agents, regulators, banks and counsel in each. Other jurisdictions available on engagement.
What hnw real estate investors ask in the first call.
Plan a real-estate structure
Five days to a written diagnosis. Eight weeks typical to implementation. Director-led throughout.