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How to Structure Your Group Companies to Scale and Exit
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Looking to scale and eventually exit your business? Here are some expert tips on structuring your group companies to achieve these goals:
1. Protect Your Identity and Family:
Use offshore companies where shareholder information is not readily available to hide your identity and protect your family members.
2. Segregate Key Functions:
Create a holding company to segregate key functions of the headquarters (e.g., Treasury, Cash and Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Development) from normal operating entities.
3. Develop Cash Pooling Strategies:
Centralize cash at the holding company level for tighter cash management through effective cash pooling strategies.
4. Implement Tax Optimization Strategies:
Use transfer pricing strategies to trap profits in lower tax jurisdictions, minimize tax leakages, and take advantage of group tax relief.
5. Protect Intellectual Property Rights:
Centralize money-making intellectual property rights to safeguard these valuable assets.
6. Alienate Risks:
Set up separate legal entities within the group to alienate risks from the core business.
7. Use Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs):
Maximize the group’s long-term interests with confidence by utilizing Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).
Implementing these strategies will help you structure your group companies for scalability and a successful exit.
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Written by Kelvin Loh