Corporate Structuring
Elegant corporate architecture — engineered for tax efficiency, regulatory clarity, and strategic optionality.
Structures that anticipate the next transaction.
The right corporate structure protects value, sequences risk, and preserves optionality for the transactions to come. We design and re-engineer group structures for founders, sponsors, family offices, and listed corporates.
Our lawyers work alongside tax and regulatory colleagues to deliver structures that survive scrutiny — from local regulators to counterparty diligence.
- Holding company architecture
- Group reorganisations
- Cross-border structuring
- Pre-transaction readiness
How we approach this practice.
Our Corporate & Commercial practice forms the foundation of the Firm's advisory offering. We advise local, regional, and international clients on the establishment, structuring, governance, and ongoing operation of business entities across sectors — from private and public companies to partnerships, joint ventures, and special purpose vehicles.
The Firm's approach is pragmatic and commercially driven. We seek to understand each client's business objectives, risk appetite, and growth strategy, ensuring that legal structures support operational efficiency, investment readiness, and long-term sustainability.
Structuring across the corporate lifecycle.
Holding company design across relevant jurisdictions with tax and treaty optimisation.
Internal restructurings, hive-ups, hive-downs, and share-for-share exchanges.
Regional and offshore structures aligned with substance and BEPS considerations.
Trusts, foundations, and family governance for succession and asset protection.
Structures pre-cleared with sector regulators, tax authorities, and exchange controls.
Structural clean-up ahead of investment, IPO, or exit — reducing execution friction.
A disciplined path from concept to close.
- 01Commercial Alignment
We start with the commercial map — economics, control, contributions, and outcome — before drafting a single clause.
- 02Structural Blueprint
A structuring memo sets out the vehicle, jurisdiction, tax treatment, and regulatory path, benchmarked against comparable matters.
- 03Documentation
Bespoke documentation drafted as an integrated instrument set — designed to survive later scrutiny.
- 04Approvals & Closing
Regulator engagement, condition-precedent management, and a disciplined closing choreography.
- 05Stewardship
Ongoing counsel through the life of the matter — governance, calendaring, and dispute-prevention.
Selected structuring mandates.
A partial view of the mandates we have advised on — sanitised for confidentiality, but indicative of the scale and complexity of our work.
- 01
Redesigned the holding structure of a founder-led fintech ahead of a Series C round, unlocking international investment.
- 02
Restructured a multi-jurisdictional family holding, consolidating operating assets under a single regional holdco.
- 03
Advised on the pre-IPO reorganisation of a listed candidate on the NSE, including group simplification.
- 04
Structured a Mauritius-Kenya holdco arrangement for a regional infrastructure platform.
Partners leading the practice.
Where this work connects.
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