Business advisory

The counsel

Not every question a business faces has an application attached to it. Whether to open a second entity or a branch. Whether the free-zone position still holds after a change in clientele. How to price an internal transfer between group companies. When to bring in a partner, and on what terms. Whether an acquisition is cleaner than a new licence. We advise on these as a retained relationship rather than a one-off project: a senior adviser who knows the history of the file and is available before a decision is made, not after. Where a matter reaches beyond our remit — litigation, complex cross-border tax, regulated financial services — we say so plainly, and introduce specialists we have worked alongside for years. The value is in judgement applied early, while options are still open and inexpensive to change.