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Cases · Business & ownership · Restructuring, insolvency & business recovery
Wind down a local operation
We're pulling out of a country. How do we wind down?
WONE Global plans the wind-down across people, contracts, tax, licences and assets, and has local professionals run each step so the exit is orderly and final.
Countries in the typical case United Kingdom · Türkiye
The situation
What is happening
What is at stake
An exit brings employee, contract, tax, licence and reputational risks, often all in the same months.
A scenario
RetailerCorporation · from United Kingdom · in Turkey
It is closing its stores in Turkey.
Where it ends An orderly exit.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Exiting a market”“Closing operations abroad”“The business must close an unprofitable overseas operation”
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
WONE Global plans the wind-down across people, contracts, tax, licences and assets, and has local professionals run each step so the exit is orderly and final.
Usually led by Setting up and running a company, with Employment, payroll and immigration, Tax and structuring and Contracts and commercial law.
Step by step, in the scenario
- Week 1WONE Global plans the exit.
- Months 1-3People, contracts and leases.
- Months 4-6Tax and licences.
- ThenClosed.
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
The decisions involved
- 01Phasing of customers, staff and contracts
- 02Regulatory notifications
- 03What stays in the entity and for how long
Outcomes
What you receive
- A wind-down plan
- Notifications made
- Operations ended cleanly
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
Setting up and running a company, 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.
- Türkiyein 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 →
- Rwanda WONE Global Partner Lydie N. Murorunkwere · Founder & Managing Director Brief this Partner →
- United Arab Emirates WONE Global Partner Dr Hajra Nazir · Head Corporate Advisory / Consultancy Division 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
Kigali · RwandaWONE Global Capability 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).
Dubai · United Arab EmiratesWONE Global Capability Partner · United Arab Emirates
Dr Hajra Nazir
Dr Hajra Nazir is qualified Professional Doctorate (PD) in Business Advisory & Compliance with prestigious organizations in the field of Corporate Advisory, Business Administration, Law, Commerce, Applied Economics etc.…
Buenos Aires · ArgentinaWONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina
Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari
He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…
Nairobi · KenyaWONE Global Capability Partner · Kenya
James Ngochi Ngugi
- Contracts and commercial lawNamed lead
- Disputes and arbitrationNamed lead
- Employment, payroll and immigrationNamed lead
Specialties: Commercial Transactions & Litigation
Pretoria · South AfricaWONE Global Capability Partner · South Africa
Johan Beer
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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 →
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