How To Create a Group Structure: Lawyer Explains

Welcome! In this video, Malcolm Zoppi, a qualified business solicitor, explains how to create a group structure in the UK. 📚 What you'll learn: The advantages of using a group structure. What is a separate legal personality. How to create a group structure. How to protect your brand's most valuable asset: its brand. Download FREE documents and templates here: https://mailchi.mp/gaffneyzoppi.co.uk... MESSAGE FROM MALCOLM ZOPPI: If you are looking for legal advice, I help UK SMEs with their corporate and commercial needs and I'd be more than happy to help. My services include: (1) anything to do with transferring, creating or buying back shares; (2) amending articles of association; (3) drafting and reviewing contracts and policies; (4) conducting M&As; and (5) registering trade marks. Businesses choose me because of my: (1) competitive, 100% fixed fees; (2) 7 days turnaround times; and (3) 24 hour response times. Business trust me because: (1) my firm has 70+ reviews, all being 5/5. (2) I am a qualified, regulated solicitor; and (3) I am experienced in what I do. Contact Me for a FREE LEGAL ADVICE CALL: WhatsApp: +44 7480 765182 Landline: 0330 133 3815 Email: [email protected] Legal service: https://www.zoppi.co.uk/business/lega... 00:00 Introduction 00:47 What is a group structure? 01:23 What is a separate legal personality? 01:54 Step 1: Gather details 02:29 Step 2: Vet names 03:18 Step 3 & 4: Register HoldingCo 03:43 Why start with HoldingCo 04:37 Step 5: Register rest of group 04:49 Step 6: Issue shares to HoldingCo 05:19 Step 7: Register IPCo 06:08 Step 8: TM licence agreement We are committed to offering you the best content that we can produce. Although, to satisfy the fast-paced YouTube demand and short watch-times, and due to the impossibility of fully understanding all of our viewers’ factual situations, the content should not be relied upon to make any decisions, take any actions or omit from acting (not an exhaustive list). This video and any of its content or related documents, including (this is not an exhaustive list) its speech, tags, linked documents, descriptions or titles (the Content) does not provide legal advice and should not be taken as such. The Content does not reflect all aspects of the law, for the purpose of brevity. The Content has been simplified and generalised by also omitting information, as to avoid lengthy and potentially boring videos. GZ Legal Ltd is a limited company registered in Scotland with company number SC658895 and registered office at 272 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JR, UK.