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Cross-border structure

5 companies across 4 jurisdictions — in 90 days

90 days · 5 legal entities · 5 physical bank accounts

NetherlandsStructuringBankingUAEHong Kong

One company for everything — one point of failure for the business. We split the structure into 5 independent legal entities — each with its own account in its own jurisdiction.

Context: what the client needed

The client ran international e-commerce through a single legal entity: procurement, logistics, import, marketplace sales. One customs dispute, one account freeze, or one tax audit — and everything stops at once.

The client didn't come for tax optimisation. He came for resilience: so that a problem in one part of the structure wouldn't bring down the whole business.

— What we built —
Structure:
  • Trading company (EU) — sales only
  • Logistics hub (EU) — import, warehousing, delivery
  • Hong Kong — procurement, quality control, shipment to Europe
  • UAE — DAFZA — regional operations and procurement
  • Holding company (EU) — group management and asset protection

Why UAE and Hong Kong opened first

DAFZA and Hong Kong: physical bank accounts opened remotely in 45 days. European jurisdictions took twice as long.

One entity under pressure. Four others keep operating.

Insights
01

Separating legal entities is not the same as diversifying bank accounts

More accounts inside one company does not reduce risk. Separate legal entities across different jurisdictions do. When one entity is under scrutiny, the others keep working.

02

UAE and Hong Kong are faster than Europe for non-residents

DAFZA and Hong Kong: straightforward processes, remote registration, physical banking — in 45 days. Europe often takes twice as long.

03

Coordination is the product

The real value is having one specialist managing five processes simultaneously — and not letting one slow jurisdiction hold up the rest.

90 days · 5 companies · 5 accounts · first transactions completed

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