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MIDDLE EAST DESK

Gulf & Middle East investors entering Europe

We connect investors and entrepreneurs across the Gulf and the wider Middle East to Europe through the Netherlands — drawing on treaty corridors such as the UAE-Netherlands framework, with genuine substance, to enter the EU on solid footing.

HOW WE HELP

What this desk delivers

European Entry via the Netherlands

We structure a substantive Dutch / EU holding as your gateway into Europe, drawing on the UAE-Netherlands treaty corridor and the Dutch participation exemption — anchored in genuine economic substance, not a letterbox.

Tax & Substance Built to Withstand Scrutiny

We coordinate holding design, treaty access and real operational substance so structures hold up under ATAD and the principal-purpose (anti-treaty-shopping) test, rather than relying on form alone.

Islamic-Finance-Aware & Family-Office Structuring

We design structures to be compatible with Sharia / Halal requirements and family-office governance, and coordinate the specialist Islamic-finance and legal advisers who provide the compliance opinion where a transaction requires it.

Real Estate, Residency & Relocation

We structure prime European real estate held through a clean Dutch holding, and support residency and relocation planning for Gulf families moving capital to Europe — coordinating qualified immigration counsel rather than providing immigration advice ourselves.

SELECTED MANDATE

How we have helped in this region

Gulf family office · European real-estate programme
SITUATION

A Gulf family office wanted to deploy into logistics and residential assets across the Netherlands and Germany — but every acquisition was negotiated ad hoc: different SPVs, inconsistent financing and no coherent treaty position.

WHAT WE DID

Designed a Dutch holding-and-SPV architecture for the whole programme; aligned Islamic-finance requirements with conventional bank debt at SPV level; coordinated notaries, tax counsel and the family’s own advisers on substance, governance and dividend flows back to the Gulf.

OUTCOME

One platform now executes each acquisition on repeatable documentation, with financing and withholding positions agreed in advance — faster closings, and a structure European banks recognise.

Anonymised mandate — client identity and figures withheld for confidentiality.
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