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Global legal & investment excellence for institutional and private capital.

TaxGate.online provides strategic legal, digital investment, and international tax solutions for leading global companies, institutional investors, and private clients.

We combine legal expertise, investment knowledge, and high-level accounting to structure, protect, and optimise capital across jurisdictions.

Serving global corporations, banks, payment companies, funds, and high-net-worth individuals.
Positioning

Why TaxGate.online

TaxGate.online is built for clients whose legal, investment, and tax questions cross borders and disciplines. We act as a single point of coordination where structures must be technically precise and operationally workable.

  • Integrated legal, investment, and accounting capabilities under one advisory platform.
  • Deep experience with digital investment structures and modern financial infrastructure.
  • Focus on regulatory alignment, risk mitigation, and sustainable long-term value.
  • Ability to coordinate multi-jurisdictional counsel, providers, and reporting frameworks.
  • Discreet handling of sensitive, high-value, and profile-exposed mandates.

Our clients include global corporations, financial institutions, payment platforms, funds, and entrepreneurial families who expect a standard of analysis, documentation, and confidentiality comparable to leading international law and advisory firms.

We deliberately limit the number of mandates active at any one time, ensuring senior attention where judgement and detail are critical.

About

About TaxGate.online

TaxGate.online is an international law and advisory firm focused on digital investment, corporate finance, and advanced tax strategy. We act for global corporations, institutional investors, financial institutions, payment companies, and private clients who require discreet, technically robust solutions.

Our team combines experienced lawyers, investment specialists, and senior accountants. Matters are approached as integrated mandates, so that structure, documentation, tax treatment, and reporting are aligned from the outset.

With experience advising top global companies and sophisticated investors, we understand both modern digital asset frameworks and established financial infrastructure. Regulatory compliance, risk management, and long-term value preservation remain central to every engagement.

  • Cross-border legal and tax planning for corporate and private structures.
  • Structuring for digital and traditional investments across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Support for institutional and corporate banking, financing, and transactional mandates.
  • Strategic advice for private banking, family offices, and family wealth platforms.

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Leadership

Leadership & Senior Team

TaxGate.online is led by professionals with backgrounds in international law firms, global financial institutions, and Big Four advisory practices.

Lukas Meier

Lukas Meier

Managing Partner · International Law & Investments

Leads multi-jurisdictional mandates involving corporate structuring, digital investment platforms, and cross-border transactions for institutional clients.

Admitted in multiple European jurisdictions.
Sophie Dubois

Sophie Dubois

Head of Tax Strategy

Focuses on international tax architecture, treaty application, and the interaction between tax policy, substance requirements, and investment structures.

Background in Big Four and international tax policy.
Raphael Bernhardt

Raphael Bernhardt

Head of Accounting & Reporting

Oversees high-level accounting and reporting matters, ensuring that structures remain aligned with governance, audit, and regulatory expectations.

Experience with IFRS, consolidation, and regulated entities.
Global Reach

Global Presence & Jurisdictions

TaxGate.online works with local counsel, trusted providers, and institutional partners across key financial and regulatory centres. Mandates are structured to reflect the realities of both onshore and offshore environments.

Engagements frequently span multiple jurisdictions, balancing regulatory expectations, treaty networks, substance requirements, and the objectives of shareholders, investors, and management.

European Union & United Kingdom
Corporate hubs, payment institutions, and fund structures.
Switzerland & Liechtenstein
Private banking and wealth platforms.
Middle East (incl. UAE)
Holding, treasury, and regional platforms.
Asia (incl. Singapore & Hong Kong)
Asset management and regional headquarters.
North America
Capital markets access and investor base.
Offshore Centres
BVI, Cayman, and other fund and holding structures.
Services

Our Services

TaxGate.online advises leading institutions, corporates, and private clients across the full spectrum of banking, investment, and wealth structures. Our services include:

Banking & Treasury

Commercial Banking Advisory

Legal and structural guidance for corporate banking relationships, global account architecture, and cash management arrangements. We ensure that banking structures are consistent with regulatory expectations and international tax considerations.

Structured Finance

Credit and Financing

Support for complex financing arrangements, credit facilities, and structured lending. We focus on legal robustness, enforceability, and tax efficiency, from term sheets and covenants through to security packages and intercompany financing.

Institutional Capital

Institutional Investing

Advisory for funds, asset managers, and institutional investors on digital and traditional investments. We assist with fund and vehicle structuring, governance frameworks, investor documentation, and ongoing regulatory and tax compliance.

Transactions

Investment Banking Consulting

Support for mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, and strategic transactions. We advise on due diligence, transaction structuring, documentation, and cross-border implementation to align legal, financial, and tax outcomes.

Regulated Fintech

Payments & Digital Investment Regulation

Guidance for payment companies, fintechs, and digital investment platforms on licensing, digital asset regimes, and cross-border transaction frameworks. We help clients navigate evolving regulation while maintaining operational clarity and control.

Private Wealth

Private Bank & Family Office Support

Strategic legal and tax planning for private banks, family offices, and ultra-high-net-worth clients. We coordinate multi-jurisdictional structures to support succession, privacy, governance, and long-term capital stewardship.

Wealth Architecture

Payments, Digital Asset Compliance & Exchange Support

We support clients with recovery and resolution strategies for inaccessible or frozen digital assets held with participating exchanges and custody providers. Our role focuses on legal and technical pathways to validate ownership, resolve account restrictions, and assist in the reinstatement of tokens or wallet access in cooperation with regulated exchange partners. (We do not offer hacking, unauthorized access, or blockchain forensics services and operate strictly within legal and compliance parameters.)

Accounting & Reporting

High-Level Accounting & Reporting

Coordination of accurate, compliant financial reporting and accounting aligned with complex legal and investment structures. We support boards, management, and auditors in meeting governance and regulatory expectations across relevant jurisdictions.

Expertise

Practice Areas

Our practice is organised around the legal and financial disciplines that matter most to institutional and high-net-worth clients.

Digital Investment Law

Regulatory and structural advice for digital investment platforms, tokenised products, and digitally native investment strategies.

Institutional Structuring

Holding companies, fund vehicles, and operating platforms designed for institutional capital flows and cross-border governance.

Banking & Payments Regulation

Licensing, regulatory perimeter assessments, and ongoing obligations for banks, payment institutions, and regulated platforms.

Corporate & Transactional

Corporate law, transactional documentation, and shareholder arrangements for domestic and cross-border deals.

International Tax & Treaty Use

Structuring to access treaty networks, manage withholding, and respond to global initiatives such as BEPS and Pillar Two.

Private Wealth Architecture

Succession planning, wealth preservation structures, and family governance frameworks for global entrepreneurs and families.

Clients

Client Types

TaxGate.online works with a defined group of institutional and private clients whose needs align with our international and technical focus.

Global Corporations
Operating across several jurisdictions with complex legal, tax, and reporting requirements.
Banks & Financial Institutions
Commercial banks, private banks, and specialised finance providers.
Asset Managers & Funds
Institutional asset managers, funds, and investment vehicles with cross-border investor bases.
Payments & Platforms
Payment companies, fintechs, and digital platforms requiring regulatory and structural clarity.
Family Offices
Single and multi-family offices managing diversified, often international, asset portfolios.
High-Net-Worth Individuals
Entrepreneurs, founders, and private clients with significant cross-border assets and interests.
Insights

Insights

Analysis and commentary from TaxGate.online on global investment law, taxation, and institutional finance.

Digital Regulation

Evolving Regulations for Digital Investment Platforms

Digital investment platforms operate within regulatory regimes that are changing rapidly across key jurisdictions. This note considers licensing models, investor-protection measures, and cross-border rules affecting platform design and strategy.

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Cross-Border Structuring

Structuring Cross-Border Investments for Institutional Clients

Institutional capital increasingly flows through multi-layered structures. We outline key issues for fund vehicles, holding platforms, and treaty access in a context of heightened tax and regulatory scrutiny.

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Private Wealth

Modern Wealth Management for Global Entrepreneurs

Global entrepreneurs face intertwined corporate, personal, and family-office considerations. We discuss how coherent legal, tax, and governance frameworks can protect value while retaining flexibility for future transactions and succession.

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Confidentiality & Compliance

Confidentiality, Risk & Regulatory Standards

TaxGate.online handles all matters on a strictly confidential basis. Information is shared only where necessary for the execution of a mandate and, where appropriate, under written confidentiality arrangements. We are accustomed to working on matters that are commercially sensitive, market-moving, or publicly visible.

Our work is guided by applicable professional and regulatory standards in the jurisdictions in which we and our local partners operate. We encourage clients to treat legal, tax, and accounting elements as interconnected parts of a single risk framework rather than isolated questions.

Nothing on this site constitutes legal, tax, or investment advice, nor a solicitation or offer. Formal advice is provided only under an agreed engagement, subject to applicable regulations and professional rules.
Contact

Contact Us

To discuss your legal, investment, or tax strategy needs, contact our team in confidence.

Website:  TaxGate.online

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