Project Structuring

Every project in your business needs to be reflected, built, structured and financed.

In terms of financing, you need to consider plenty of possibilities : equity, shareholders loans, bank loans, public grants,… It may be that your project preferably needs to be accommodated in a separate entity. But which one ? Is it more appropriate to set up a new company, or to split an existing company, for instance ?

Every taken decision or choice made in the framework of that structuring has its own tax and legal consequences. Anticipating those consequences is essential, in order to ensure, among others, that the total amount of interest on your debts will be tax deductible, that you will be entitled to a reduced rate of withholding tax on dividends distributed by your company, or to know whether the grant you are applying for will be tax exempted, or not…

If your company is part of a group, you will have to think about the financial flows between the different group entities which will be put in place, notably in order to repay the debts contracted to finance your project. Again, each type of financial flow has its own tax treatment, involving that the choice of a pattern rather than another one is not insignificant.

Our tax and legal experts are there to support you all the way. To make your project not only safe, but also optimized, from a tax and legal point of view.