Real Estate

The popularity of offshore structures for holding real estate assets has increased significantly over the past three to four years.

For UK property investments investors are increasingly looking to the wider benefits of using Isle of Man real estate structures. These include high service levels, a flexible and responsive support infrastructure for establishing property holding structures, including VAT registration where appropriate, and the ability to work with institutional investors from other time zones.

Cains Fiduciaries provides administration services to commercial property asset managers, through a range of property related investment vehicles, including companies, limited partnerships and Isle of Man unit trusts. Personnel within the team have extensive experience in respect of the acquisition and financing of real estate investments, and regularly work in close co-operation with the leading tax advisors in the real estate sector.

The team is also able to work closely with real estate finance lawyers within Cains to deliver a seamless service for real estate projects. Furthermore, where VAT planning is a key part of the project economics, the team’s ability to effect VAT registrations with Isle of Man Customs and Excise in a time effective and responsive manner can be critical to the successful completion of an investment transaction.

For more details please contact: Ryan Cregeen or Stuart Divall.