The principal — a Swiss-resident founder of a B2B trading group with operations in three African markets — had outgrown his Geneva-only banking footprint and was facing increasing pressure on outbound transfers.
Working in concert with our Geneva and Dubai offices, we designed a DIFC holding structure paired with a UAE operating entity in the Mainland. Residency for the principal was secured under the investor pathway, and corporate banking was opened with a Tier-1 institution before incorporation closed — not after.
The handover from the Swiss fiduciary practice to the Dubai operating team was a single internal email. There was no second discovery call.