Where we sit, and what that gets you
Three markets, one operating base. We are explicit about where we have people and where we have a network, because the difference matters when a deal needs someone in the room.
Dubai
Operating base
GST, UTC+4
Everything runs from here. Dubai is where the volume is: off-plan allocations, secondary purchases, company licensing, residency files and the banking that has to follow them. Being here is the difference between hearing about a release and being on the list for it, and between a licence application that takes three weeks and one that takes three months.
- Developer and agent relationships across off-plan and secondary
- Free zone and mainland licensing, PRO and government liaison
- Bank introductions for new entities and non-resident individuals
- Handover, snagging and management handoff in person
London
Office
GMT/BST, UTC+0/+1
London is where the money and the prime residential sit. Lenders, private banks and capital partners who will read an international file are here, and so is the stock our clients buy when they want a base in the UK. It is also the jurisdiction our clients ask the most questions about, because the tax and structuring landscape keeps moving.
- Private banks, lenders and bridging desks for non-resident files
- Prime central residential and commercial acquisition
- Introductions to UK solicitors, surveyors and tax advisers
- Capital partners for founder-led businesses
Monaco
Network presence
CET, UTC+1/+2
Monaco is a network rather than a staffed office, and we would rather say so. We work through long-standing agents, brokers and family office contacts on the ground, and we travel in when a file needs us there. That is enough for what our clients use Monaco for: residences, yachts, and private buyers and sellers who do not want anything advertised.
- Residence sourcing through agents, largely off-market
- Yacht and private asset brokerage contacts along the coast
- Family office and private client introductions
- Attendance in person when a deal requires it
The wider network
Files regularly reach beyond the three cities: Abu Dhabi and Riyadh for corporate work, Geneva and Zurich for banking, Singapore and Hong Kong for clients moving between Asia and the Gulf, and the Mediterranean coast for yachts. We use people we have worked with and checked, and we say plainly when a market is one where we would be learning on your file.