Restructuring of Investments
Global investments come with complex layers of tax exposure, legal risk, and regulatory scrutiny — especially as wealth and businesses expand across borders. At Shift by MLegal, we specialise in restructuring investment holdings to improve control, enhance tax efficiency, reduce risk, and ensure compliance with evolving domestic and international laws.
Whether you’re an HNI managing assets across jurisdictions, a startup scaling internationally, or a multinational re-evaluating holding patterns, our team offers strategic restructuring tailored to your objectives.
Why Investment Restructuring is Critical
If your investments are:
- Held in multiple entities across various jurisdictions
- Generating income taxed at different rates
- Structurally inefficient or non-compliant with local substance rules
- Exposed to regulatory or reputational risk
- Legacy structures set up without treaty or tax planning
- it may be time for a comprehensive investment restructuring.
What We Help You Achieve
| Objective |
Result Delivered |
| Tax Efficiency |
Reduce tax leakages across dividend, capital gains, and interest income |
| Regulatory Compliance |
Meet changing substance, KYC, AML, and reporting obligations |
| Succession Planning |
Enable generational transfer through family offices, trusts, or foundations |
| Risk Segregation |
Ringfence assets and protect liability exposure across operations |
| Simplification |
Collapse unnecessary structures to save costs and improve governance |
| Exit Readiness |
Position for IPOs, investor exits, or acquisitions with clean structures |
Our Services in Investment Restructuring
| Area of Focus |
How We Help |
| Holding Company Reorganisation |
Jurisdiction selection, treaty planning, legal migration of assets |
| Trust and Foundation Structuring |
Establishment or migration to optimise for inheritance and asset protection |
| Cross-Border Income Planning |
Use of treaties and hybrid instruments to streamline cash flows |
| Family Office Setup |
Structure global investments via UAE, Singapore, Malta, or UK |
| Exit Structuring |
Minimise capital gains or stamp duty during strategic divestment |
| Entity Rationalisation |
Closing redundant subsidiaries or SPVs for leaner group structures |
Ideal Clients for Investment Restructuring
- HNIs and Family Offices with legacy structures in low-substance jurisdictions
- Entrepreneurs with new capital inflows or liquidity events
- Indian promoters with overseas investments via ODI/FEMA routes
- NRIs and global residents holding assets in India or across Europe, UAE, and SE Asia
- Private equity and VC funds looking to repatriate profits or restructure feeder funds
Sample Restructuring Projects
| Client Type |
Regions Involved |
Restructuring Result |
| NRI Investor |
UAE ↔ India ↔ Malta |
Consolidated offshore real estate SPVs into Maltese holding |
| Tech Founder |
India ↔ Singapore ↔ US |
Shifted IP holding and flipped equity to Delaware with treaty use |
| Family Office |
UAE ↔ UK ↔ EU |
Created layered trust with Gibraltar foundation for estate planning |
| PE Fund |
Mauritius ↔ India ↔ UAE |
Exit optimisation using UAE SPV and tax-neutral routing |
Regulatory & Tax Considerations We Address
- India ODI/FDI Regulations (FEMA)
- UAE ESR, UBO, and ESR compliance
- OECD BEPS and Substance Requirements
- GAAR and Anti-Avoidance Rules in Europe
- Withholding tax & treaty planning
- Tax residency and reporting obligations (CRS, FATCA)
The Shift by MLegal Difference
- Multidisciplinary legal + tax advisory under one roof
- Experience across over 20 restructuring transactions in 10+ countries
- Integration with immigration, citizenship, trust, and business structuring
- Transparent processes, fixed-fee models, and confidential handling
