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Commercial purpose first
We do not recommend jurisdictions solely because they advertise low tax rates. Every recommendation begins with the commercial purpose of the structure.
About the Practice
A private practice for internationally minded principals.
We advise founders, investors and family principals on the structural questions that come with operating across borders — jurisdiction selection, entity formation, banking, governance and long-term structural strategy.
Our approach
One strategy, arrived at slowly.
Every engagement begins with the Step One Structuring Consultation. We do not incorporate first and think later. We work through your commercial objectives, tax residency, banking accessibility and long-term plans before recommending a single filing.
You then receive one written strategy, one recommended jurisdiction, and one fixed professional fee. No packages, no upgrade paths, no undisclosed charges.
Fixed
All professional fees quoted in advance, in writing, in USD.
Direct
One dedicated engagement manager from consultation to renewal.
Discreet
Private client work, by appointment, in confidence.
Focused
Nine jurisdictions we know deeply — not sixty we don't.
Advisory Principles
Four convictions that shape every engagement.
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Banking practicality
A structure that cannot open an operating bank account is not a structure. Banking accessibility informs every jurisdiction decision we make.
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Regulatory compliance
We build structures that stand up to scrutiny — economic substance, beneficial ownership disclosure, and reporting obligations are treated as first-class citizens.
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Long-term sustainability
A structure must serve the client three, five and ten years from now. We never build for the announcement; we build for the decade.
Karan Chopra
Founder & Principal Consultant
Credentials & Education
Education
- Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)SP Jain School of Global Management, Singapore
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB)University of London, United Kingdom
- Bachelor of Engineering in ComputersUniversity of Mumbai, Mumbai, India
- Postgraduate in Computers (PG in Computers)Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Licences & Certifications
- Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC)CICC License #R534345
- Foreign Worker and Immigration Services Act (FWRISA)Saskatchewan Licence #001242
Meet the Founder
Meet Karan Chopra
Founder & Principal Consultant
Karan advises founders, investors and family principals on where their businesses should be owned, banked and taxed — and how to build structures that hold up when banks, regulators and counterparties look closely.
He built this practice around a simple observation: most international structures fail commercially, not legally. They are sold as jurisdictions and tax rates rather than designed around the business, the founder's residence and the banking that has to work on day one. Every engagement he leads starts from the opposite direction — commercial purpose first, jurisdiction second, filings last.
His work spans offshore and onshore company formation, holding and IP structures, multi-currency trade and treasury setups, economic substance and governance, and the relocation and residency planning that sits alongside them — across the UAE, Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States, Estonia, the Caribbean financial centres and Canada.
A deliberately multi-disciplinary background across legal studies, engineering and commercial strategy shapes how he reads a file: the structure has to be commercially sound, operationally practical and defensible, in that order. He is also a licensed immigration practitioner, which is why mobility is treated as part of the structure rather than an afterthought.
Every engagement is directed personally, with licensed local professionals coordinated wherever a jurisdiction requires them. His conviction: an international structure is only as good as the business and the life it has to support three, five and ten years from now.