Skip to content
STARTSUNLaw Company

Practice 06 · Transactions

Cross-Border Transactions

Capital crosses borders easily. Legal systems do not. Coordination is the work.

We act as lead or coordinating counsel on international investments and transactions — designing the overall structure, managing the documentation and working with qualified local counsel in each jurisdiction where local law applies.

Discuss a Project

What we do

Scope of the practice

International investment structures

Holding and investment chains across jurisdictions, designed for governance, financing and eventual exit.

Multi-jurisdiction transactions

Transactions in which parties, assets and governing law sit in different countries.

Foreign investment

Entry of foreign investors into local businesses and assets, including approvals and investment-protection considerations analysed with local counsel.

International SPVs

Selecting and establishing vehicles abroad, with substance, governance and banking practicalities considered from the start.

Cross-border acquisitions

Acquisitions of foreign targets and sales to foreign buyers, run as one coordinated transaction.

Local counsel coordination

Scoping, instructing and coordinating local counsel; consolidating their input into a single position for the client.

Who we advise

Investors and businesses whose capital, assets or counterparties are spread across several countries and who want one point of legal coordination.

Typical matters

The kind of work this practice handles.

Illustrative of the matters we advise on — not a list of past engagements.

  1. 01Designing a multi-level holding structure for an internationally diversified investor
  2. 02A foreign investor's acquisition of a local business
  3. 03Establishing an international SPV to hold assets in several countries
  4. 04Running a transaction with parties and assets in three or more jurisdictions
  5. 05International expansion of an operating business into a new market
  6. 06Reviewing and harmonising documents prepared under several governing laws
  7. 07Selecting and instructing local counsel for a new jurisdiction
  8. 08Consolidated legal reporting on a cross-border portfolio

Approach

How we approach projects

  1. 1

    Map the jurisdictions

    Which law governs what — entities, assets, contracts, approvals — and where local advice is required.

  2. 2

    One structure, one plan

    A single structure paper and a single transaction plan that every adviser works from.

  3. 3

    Instruct and coordinate

    Clear scopes for local counsel, consistent drafting, and one consolidated view for the client.

  4. 4

    Close and maintain

    Coordinated closings and a maintained record of the structure as it evolves.

Cross-border capability

Cross-border capability

Startsun does not claim to practise law in every jurisdiction. Our role in cross-border work is to lead: to design the structure, own the documentation and timetable, and engage and coordinate qualified local counsel wherever local law, licensing or formalities apply. The client receives one coherent position rather than several disconnected opinions.

Related practices

Significant matters rarely stay within one practice.

05

M&A & Joint Ventures

Acquisitions, disposals, share and asset deals, joint ventures, shareholders' agreements, closing and integration.

Explore Practice

03

Real Estate Investment

Acquisitions, disposals, due diligence, ownership and investment structures, financing and portfolio transactions.

Explore Practice

How to start

Send an enquiry →
  1. 1Send a short enquiryDescribe the project, the parties and the timing in a few lines. No confidential details at this stage.
  2. 2Initial conversationAfter a conflict check, we discuss the scope, the jurisdictions involved and whether local counsel is needed.
  3. 3Written engagementScope, deliverables and fee basis are agreed in writing before work begins.

Discuss a matter in this practice

Share a short description of the project. We will reply to discuss scope, timing and next steps.

Discuss a Project