Corporate and tax structuring of the group's international stock incentive plan. Drafting of a Phantom Stock Option under English law for the Operator of the Real Estate Marketplace.

International corporate tax structuring driven by the Client's need to attract investors in Europe and to target local franchisees. The group involved the US, Finland and Russia whereas the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK were compared for the HQ purposes. Among the complex points of advice was how to consolidate the dispersed IP at minimum tax risks and costs and whether the US or the European holding company shall be preferred tax-wise.

Developing a cross-border corporate, regulatory and tax structure for an online platform for managing city parking lots, navigating parking spaces and arranging mobile-payment (involved jurisdictions: the USA, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Ireland, the UK, Luxembourg, Cyprus. Full legal support for the launch of the platform and mobile application in the US.

International corporate tax structuring for an online UK based distributor of advertising traffic.

Corporate and regulatory structuring, general legal support and counselling on fundraising of a US based mobile application developer (Art Effect Photo Editor). Particularly challenging was the advice on the private sale / resale rules in the US under the Securities Act, 1933 (Reg D, Reg S, Rule 144, Section 4 (a) (1) (½))

We consulted the Client tax-wise on the sale of the business. The complex sale involved exchange of restricted stock units, the Client's continued role in the business, earn-out provisions, set off of the sale price against restricted stock. Our advice on the withholding tax, income tax and social security contributions in the US, France, Lithuania, Cyprus, Russia and Belarus was extremely nuanced and required a judgement on the risks which are yet to be tested by the judicial practice of the countries concerned.