Holding

Holding company counsel, structuring and governance.

Whitepeak Law assists executives, investors, and families in creating and structuring their holding companies: patrimonial, operational, or investment holding vehicles.

Practices

Areas
of practice.

Patrimonial holding company

Structuring of holding companies for the organisation and transfer of assets: choice of legal form (SAS, SARL), articles of association, shareholders' agreement, and coordination with the overall asset management strategy.

Operational holding company

Establishment of operational holding companies for corporate groups: management service agreements, intragroup financial flows, subsidiary management, and consolidated governance.

Investment holding vehicle

Creation and structuring of dedicated investment vehicles: SAS holding, SPAC, co-investment funds. Implementation of preferential rights and liquidity mechanisms between shareholders.

Restructuring and sub-group creation

Interposition of a holding company within an existing group, share contributions, demerger of business lines, and reorganisation of intragroup flows to optimise the legal and tax structure.

Clients

The clients we advise.

Executives and founders

Structuring of a holding company to optimise the ownership of their interests, organise governance, and prepare for the transfer or disposal of their assets.

Families and family groups

Creation of patrimonial holding companies to organise the joint ownership of assets, define the rights of each member, and prepare intergenerational succession.

Funds and investors

Structuring of investment vehicles tailored to the requirements of funds, limited partners, and co-investors, with particular attention to governance and liquidity.

Regulated sector players

Creation of holding companies for financial companies, crypto service providers, and financial operators, integrating regulatory licensing and compliance constraints.

Approach

A practice driven by decisions.

Integrated tax and legal approach

Structuring a holding company sits at the intersection of corporate law and tax. Whitepeak Law coordinates both dimensions to design an optimised structure that meets the client's objectives.

Senior attention on every matter

Every matter is handled by the founding partner. First point of contact, last reviewer. No delegation of judgment on structuring decisions that commit the company over the long term.

Forward-looking design

The holding structure must anticipate future transactions: fundraising, disposals, succession. Whitepeak Law designs flexible structures that adapt to the company's future developments.

Paris Bar·UCLA School of Law·MIT Sloan School of Management·White & Case·Allen & Overy·Former Partner, Beaubourg Avocats

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