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Cases · People & private matters · Immigration, visas & global mobility

Buy property in another country

Can I buy property in another country, and what should I check?

WONE Global coordinates title checks, purchase, tax and financing with professionals in the property's country.

Countries in the typical case India · United Kingdom

The situation

What is happening

An individual or family buys a home or investment property abroad.

What is at stake

Title problems, ownership restrictions and tax can turn a purchase into a loss.

Who faces this

  • Private clients and families

A scenario

FamilyPrivate client or family · from India · in United Kingdom

The family is buying an apartment in London.

Where it ends A home bought cleanly.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Foreigner buying property abroad”“Property purchase checklist overseas”“A foreign national wants to acquire property and relocate”“I need to assess residence requirements before buying property overseas”“A buyer has discovered a defect in property title”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global coordinates title checks, purchase, tax and financing with professionals in the property's country.

Usually led by Legal & Contracting, with Tax & International Structuring and Banking & Capital Access.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1Indian remittance rules.
  2. Weeks 2-4Title and purchase.
  3. Week 5Tax and structure.
  4. ThenCompletion.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Whether a foreigner can own it and in what form
  2. 02Purchase taxes, due diligence and title checks
  3. 03Financing and how to hold it

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Title and legal checks
  • Purchase completed and registered
  • Ownership and tax position confirmed

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsLegal & Contracting18 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedTax & International Structuring25 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedBanking & Capital Access2 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Legal & Contracting, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari · Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  4. Australia WONE Global Partner Alice Turner · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  5. Brazil WONE Global Partner José Antonio Balieiro Lima · Partner, Tax, Administrative & Maritime Law Brief this Partner →
  6. Cameroon WONE Global Partner Edmond Christian AKOA MBALLA · Founder & Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  7. China WONE Global Partner Roberto Gilardino · Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries Brief this Partner →
  8. Ethiopia WONE Global Partner Mekonnen Shiferaw · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  9. Israel WONE Global Partner Karin Horev · Founding Partner Brief this Partner →
  10. Italy WONE Global Partner Alessandro Dagnino · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  11. Morocco WONE Global Partner Mouad Aktaou · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  12. Panama WONE Global Partner Ebrahim Asvat K. · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  13. Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
  14. Portugal WONE Global Partner Bruna Prinzo · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  15. Saudi Arabia WONE Global Partner Abdulrahim bin Saleh Al-Zahrani · Founding Partner & General Manager Brief this Partner →
  16. South Africa WONE Global Partner Johan Beer · Partner Brief this Partner →
  17. Spain WONE Global Partner David Bermejo Perramón · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  18. Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  19. United States WONE Global Partner Frederick Miles Adler · Principal Brief this Partner →
  20. Zambia WONE Global Partner Reagan Blankfein Gates · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  21. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  22. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

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Roberto GilardinoShanghai · China

WONE Global Partner · China

Roberto Gilardino

Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries · Horizons (Shanghai) Corporate Advisory Company · Shanghai

Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, UAE, Cyprus and Malta).

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