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Cases · People & private matters · Family, succession & private client
Protect family wealth from business risk
How do I protect my personal wealth from my business's risks?
WONE Global reviews guarantees and structures and recommends lawful protection, put in place before any claim arises.
Countries in the typical case Nigeria · United Kingdom
The situation
What is happening
A founder’s personal assets are exposed to the risks of the business.
What is at stake
Personal assets can be exposed to business claims through personal guarantees and poor structure.
Who faces this
- Private clients and families
- Founders and growing companies
A scenario
EntrepreneurFounder-led company · from Nigeria · in Nigeria, United Kingdom
He wants to separate personal property from his trading company.
Where it ends Personal wealth separated from business risk.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Asset protection for founders”“Separating personal and business assets”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global reviews guarantees and structures and recommends lawful protection, put in place before any claim arises.
Usually led by Corporate & Entity Services, with Insurance & Risk Transfer, Legal & Contracting and Tax & International Structuring.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Weeks 1-2Guarantees and structures reviewed.
- Week 3Protection planned.
- Weeks 4-8Implemented.
- ThenReviewed yearly.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Which assets to separate and how
- 02Insolvency and clawback rules
- 03Insurance and guarantees
Outcomes
What you receive
- A protection structure
- Assets restructured
- Insurance and guarantees reviewed
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.
Who handles it
Corporate & Entity Services, 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.
- Nigeriain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
- Austria WONE Global Partner Mag. Mario Haider · Tax Consultant Brief this Partner →
- Ireland WONE Global Partner Kevin McSharry · Managing Director Brief this Partner →
- Rwanda WONE Global Partner Lydie N. Murorunkwere · Founder & Managing Director Brief this Partner →
- South Africa WONE Global Partner Johan Beer · Partner Brief this Partner →
- Spain WONE Global Partner Darragh Brady · Partner CIB Finance Brief this Partner →
- United Arab Emirates WONE Global Partner Dr Hajra Nazir · Head Corporate Advisory / Consultancy Division Brief this Partner →
- Zambia WONE Global Partner Gerald Zimba · Director 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 →
- Singapore 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 →
Vienna · Austria
Galway · Ireland
Kigali · RwandaWONE Global Partner · Rwanda
Lydie N. Murorunkwere
Lydie is the Founder and Managing Director of ML Corporate Services Ltd and the first Chairperson of the Rwanda Trust Companies Association (RTCA).
Pretoria · South Africa
Barcelona · Spain
Dubai · United Arab EmiratesWONE Global Partner · United Arab Emirates
Dr Hajra Nazir
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How it goes in practice
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
- UAE ↔ United Kingdom · researched journeyA UAE company sets up a UK subsidiaryRead the journey →
- United Kingdom ↔ GCC · researched journeyA UK professional or financial services firm opens an office in the Qatar Financial CentreRead the journey →
- Private client or family · from Kenya · in United Kingdom, CanadaThe founder plans to pass the group on to children who live in the UK and Canada.How WONE Global handles it →
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