Activity and licence
The legal entity and licence must fit the actual service, trade, investment or holding activity.
STRUCTURE
Corporate structuring
for international business
We design the structure around the activity, management, licensing, substance, banking and compliance requirements.
Project perspective
A company built to operate
A viable corporate structure aligns the licensed activity, ownership, control, management, substance, banking evidence and ongoing compliance. Registration is only one step inside that operating model.
The first assessment is designed to identify decision points and dependencies before documents or commitments are created.
Key considerations
What shapes the corporate structure
Each question has its own evidence, risk and responsible specialist. The project becomes clear when these questions are answered together.
Ownership and control
Shareholding, decision rights, directors and signatory powers must reflect how the business will be governed.
Management and substance
The place of management, people, premises and operational evidence are considered together.
Banking and compliance
The structure must be explainable to banks, regulators, counterparties and professional service providers.
Assessment scope
What we assess first
We do not request a full sensitive file at the first contact. The required evidence is defined after the route and scope are clear.
Commercial objective
The customers, markets, revenue model and transactions the structure must support.
Jurisdiction and activity
Licensing perimeter, permitted activities and practical ability to operate where required.
Ownership and governance
Shareholding, management, reserved matters, signatories and succession of control.
Substance and operating model
People, premises, decision-making and evidence of genuine operations.
Banking evidence
Expected flows, counterparties, source of capital and documents required for account review.
Ongoing obligations
Renewals, filings, accounting, tax registrations and changes that require action.
Connected architecture
A structure that supports real activity
A structure that is easy to register but difficult to operate, bank or explain is not a successful solution. The proposed structure is therefore tested against the client’s commercial model, personal status, payment flows and asset ownership before implementation.
Personal circumstancesPractical operationSupporting evidenceOngoing obligations
Project output
What the project team prepares
The exact scope depends on the instruction and the licensed professionals required for the matter.
- Corporate structure and jurisdiction comparison
- Activity, licence and approval map
- Ownership and governance outline
- Banking evidence and transaction narrative
- Implementation and ongoing compliance calendar
Working sequence
From brief to operating structure
The sequence is adjusted to the route, authority and evidence available. No stage is treated as an automatic approval.
Business brief
Define markets, activity and required capabilities.
Feasibility
Test licensing, ownership and restrictions.
Design
Build the entity, governance and substance model.
Formation
Coordinate approvals, incorporation and evidence.
Operation
Maintain licences, filings and changes.
Private client questions
Questions owners ask first
Is the cheapest jurisdiction the best one?
Not necessarily. Cost must be considered together with licensing, market access, banking, substance and ongoing obligations.
Can incorporation guarantee a bank account?
No. Banks make independent risk and compliance decisions based on the business, owners, transactions and evidence.
When is substance relevant?
Whenever law, tax analysis, banking, counterparties or the operating model require evidence that the company is genuinely managed and operated.
Can one company solve every task?
Sometimes, but not always. Activities, risks, investors, assets and jurisdictions may require separate entities or separate areas of work.
Start with an applicability review
We will identify the relevant questions, dependencies and the next professional step.