Special purpose vehicles
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We form the vehicle, draft the legal documents, onboard your investors and open the bank account.
Special purpose vehicles
Corporate
A Singapore company holds the asset, with investors on the cap table.
Set up a vehicleCorporate SPV or nominee? Read the comparisonTell us the deal
Target, terms and timing.
We form and draft
Documents and bank account.
Investors join online
One check, e-signing, funds in.
We run it to exit
Reporting, filings, payouts.
A few ways to skin a cat.
While specific mechanics vary by jurisdiction, it generally deploys a bare trust arrangement where an institutional proxy holds legal title, but investors retain absolute beneficial ownership of the target assets. Under a nominee arrangement, investors wire funds directly to the target company, completely bypassing the risk of SPV bank account freezes.
Yes, for all intents and purposes.
Institutional-grade continuity frameworks and rigorous succession protocols guarantee uninterrupted strategic oversight and structural integrity through to the final liquidity event. Trust assets sit entirely outside a nominee's estate, ensuring a liquidator cannot touch shares even in the catastrophic event of parental insolvency.
There should not be any, if structured carefully.
Cross-border leakage is dictated by the chosen vehicle; corporate SPVs introduce an entity-level tax layer, whereas bare trusts allow tax authorities to look through directly to the ultimate beneficiary. For example, a German investor in a bare trust is taxed directly under German law on their beneficial interest, bypassing entity-level taxation.
A few options are available.
The architecture of performance incentives must align with the chosen vehicle; corporate SPV economics sit in the constitution, while bare trust terms require direct side contracts. Repeat sponsors can execute carried interest through highly regulated umbrella fund structures or segregated portfolio companies to build an institutional track record, rather than relying on standard corporate SPVs.
Yes, provided the required licence is in place.
Onboarding retail capital is possible by strictly utilising cross-border private placement exemptions, which explicitly cap offers to a limited number of persons within specific statutory windows. Bypassing these retail caps entirely requires all prospective investors to provide rigorous documentary proof and formally opt in as professional or accredited individuals prior to subscription.