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Cases · Tax, finance & assurance · International tax planning & transfer pricing
Hold IP in the right company and country
Which company and country should own our brands and patents?
WONE Global designs where the IP should sit, values and documents any transfer, checks the tax in each country involved and records the change of ownership with the IP offices.
Countries in the typical case Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Thailand
The situation
What is happening
The group’s brands, patents and software are held wherever they happened to be created, with tax and control consequences.
What is at stake
IP held in the wrong place costs tax on royalties and makes licensing, financing and sale harder.
Who faces this
- Corporations
- Mid-sized companies
- Private clients and families
A scenario
Consumer goods groupMid-sized company · from Malaysia · in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand
Its brands are registered in whichever group company happened to file them.
Where it ends Brands held where they make sense.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “IP holding company”“Moving IP to a new jurisdiction”“We are relocating an intellectual property holding structure”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global designs where the IP should sit, values and documents any transfer, checks the tax in each country involved and records the change of ownership with the IP offices.
Usually led by Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, with Tax & International Structuring, Corporate & Entity Services and Accounting, Reporting & Statutory Compliance.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Weeks 1-2IP held by each company mapped.
- Weeks 3-4Holding structure and royalty flows designed.
- Weeks 5-8Valuation and transfers.
- ThenIP offices updated.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Which entity should own and license the IP
- 02Exit taxes, transfer pricing and substance requirements of moving it
- 03How licences back to operating companies will work
Outcomes
What you receive
- A recommended ownership structure
- Valuation and transfer pricing support
- Intercompany licences and filings in place
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.
- Usually leadsIntellectual Property & Brand Protection4 markets with a named lead→
- Often involvedTax & International Structuring25 markets with a named lead→
- Often involvedCorporate & Entity Services7 markets with a named lead→
- Often involvedAccounting, Reporting & Statutory Compliance21 markets with a named lead→
Who handles it
Intellectual Property & Brand Protection, 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.
- Indonesiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Malaysiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Singaporein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Thailandin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Brazil WONE Global Partner Luis Felipe Balieiro Lima · Partner Brief this Partner →
- Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
- South Africa WONE Global Partner Kameel Keshav CA(SA) · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
- India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →
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Where this case connects
The markets, corridors and guides behind this case, and the questions to put to Ask WONE below. Every link opens a page that links back here.
Markets in the typical case
- MalaysiaMarket guide
- Intellectual Property & Brand Protection in MalaysiaService in this market
- SingaporeMarket guide
- Intellectual Property & Brand Protection in SingaporeService in this market
- IndonesiaMarket guide
- Intellectual Property & Brand Protection in IndonesiaService in this market
- ThailandMarket guide
- Intellectual Property & Brand Protection in ThailandService in this market
Corridors
Services and subject
Worked examples
How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
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