{"id":12963,"date":"2025-06-23T13:35:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/?p=12963"},"modified":"2025-06-23T13:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T10:35:27","slug":"structuring-a-business-in-manufacturing-and-international-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/structuring-a-business-in-manufacturing-and-international-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Structuring a Business in Manufacturing and International Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Point A: The Starting Position<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GLS Law was approached by a client with an active international business in equipment sales. The operational geography was impressive: Poland, Germany, the USA, UAE, and Hong Kong. Manufacturing was based in China under a trademark registered in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the companies operated independently and were not structurally linked,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the trademark was used by all entities without any licensing agreement,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>profits were scattered across jurisdictions with no centralized control,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the scheme appeared overly complex and raised red flags for banks and regulators,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>there was no clear model for scaling or profit distribution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong>Client\u2019s goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Consolidate the business into a logical and secure corporate structure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protect the trademark and brand rights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce tax burden within legal boundaries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build a transparent model for profit distribution and reinvestment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prepare the business for potential investor involvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f <strong>Our implementation approach:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cyprus holding<\/strong><br>We established a Cyprus-based holding company as the parent entity. It manages operations and receives licensing and dividend income.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>UAE sub-holding<\/strong><br>To handle procurement from China, transactions with Hong Kong, and intra-group supplier contracts, a company was set up in a UAE free economic zone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ownership restructuring<\/strong><br>Ownership of key jurisdictions (Poland, Germany, USA) was transferred to the Cyprus holding, with full documentation for corporate and transactional compliance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contractual framework<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The trademark license was formally transferred from the owner to the group entities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agency agreements were signed for sales and supplier relations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transfer pricing documentation was prepared in compliance with local laws<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2705 <strong>Results for the client:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2714\ufe0f Transparent and legally compliant structure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2714\ufe0f Intellectual property (brand) protected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2714\ufe0f Clear profit distribution and reinvestment logic established<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2714\ufe0f Tax risks reduced and double taxation avoided<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2714\ufe0f Business ready for scaling and investment attractiveness increased<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Point A: The Starting Position GLS Law was approached by a client with an active international business in equipment sales. The operational geography was impressive: Poland, Germany, the USA, UAE, and Hong Kong. Manufacturing was based in China under a trademark registered in Germany. However: \ud83c\udfaf Client\u2019s goals: \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f Our implementation approach: \u2705 Results for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12964,"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12963\/revisions\/12964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gls-law.company\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}