About HPT Group
International advisory at the standard
private clients deserve.
HPT Group is an international advisory and structuring firm. We serve entrepreneurs, privately held businesses, fintech operators, and families who require a clear, compliant, and durable global structure — delivered by the people who designed it, not delegated to those who didn't.
What We Do
A complete advisory practice for internationally mobile capital.
Most internationally mobile entrepreneurs patch together their structures reactively — a company formed in one jurisdiction, a bank account opened in another, tax residency managed on an ad hoc basis. The result is structures that do not cohere, do not satisfy banking requirements, and create unexpected tax and compliance exposure at precisely the wrong moment.
HPT Group takes a fundamentally different approach. We begin with your actual situation — where you live, how your revenue flows, what you own, and what you are working towards — and design a structure that fits. One clear plan, properly documented, implemented with the right professionals in each jurisdiction.
Our practice spans offshore company formations, trusts and asset protection, banking and payments infrastructure, second citizenship, tax residency planning, fintech licensing, and deal structuring. Every service is delivered by the same senior team, with direct relationships in the jurisdictions where it matters most.
“We design structures that work in the real world — not just on paper.”
Will Hodgson, Managing Director
Our Philosophy
Three principles. Applied without exception.
We write everything down.
Every recommendation HPT makes is committed to paper before a client acts on it. This is not a procedural nicety — it is a professional standard that disciplines our thinking and protects our clients. Verbal advice is ambiguous, unverifiable, and often misremembered. A written memorandum is precise, defensible, and permanently on record. Our Blueprints are routinely used directly by the client's lawyers, accountants, and bankers without translation or interpretation. When we say we provide a written deliverable, we mean a document of the quality a law firm or a Big 4 firm would charge multiples more to produce — and frequently does.
We do not upsell.
HPT does not hold positions in the service providers, formation agents, or banks we recommend. We are not compensated by jurisdiction registries for referrals, and we do not have undisclosed commercial arrangements with any counterparty in any of our client engagements. This is an absolute policy, not a marketing statement. It means that when we recommend a BVI foundation over a Cayman LP, or Liechtenstein over Luxembourg, the recommendation is based entirely on the client's situation. Clients who have worked with commission-driven advisors before almost always notice the difference immediately. We believe advisors who profit from implementation are structurally conflicted — and we have built the firm accordingly.
We never take a position we cannot defend under scrutiny.
Every structure HPT designs is built to be explained clearly to a tax authority, a private bank's compliance department, or a regulator — not merely to appear compliant on paper. Structures designed around secrecy, non-disclosure, or opacity are not structures HPT builds. Our clients are internationally mobile, often high-profile, and frequently subject to scrutiny from multiple tax authorities simultaneously. A structure that holds under that scrutiny is not merely more ethical — it is more commercially valuable. Structures that depend on what a regulator does not know tend to fail at the worst possible moment. Ours are designed to be examined.
Our Principles
How we approach every engagement.
Senior access. Always.
Every client engagement is led by a senior director. You are not handed to a junior after onboarding, and you will not receive advice from someone who has not done this before.
Written deliverables.
Our consulting packages produce written memoranda and structure diagrams — not verbal advice that is forgotten by the following week. Every recommendation is documented.
No guessing.
We tell you what will work and what will not. If a structure will not hold up for banking, is not commercially defensible, or creates unacceptable risk, we say so.
Jurisdiction agnostic.
We have relationships across 65+ jurisdictions. We recommend what fits your situation, not what we have a commercial arrangement with.
Compliance by design.
Every structure we design is built to withstand scrutiny. CRS, FATCA, CFC rules, economic substance requirements, BEPS — all considered from the outset.
Long-term thinking.
We design for where you are going, not only where you are today. Exit planning, succession, scalability and regulatory evolution are part of every engagement.
Track Record
Results that speak plainly.
All figures below are anonymised in line with our client confidentiality obligations. They represent verified outcomes across completed engagements. We do not publish projections or targets — only outcomes.
Private clients advised
Across 40+ nationalities and source jurisdictions
Jurisdictions with active structure relationships
Including active formation, banking, and registered office networks
In client tax position optimised
Across income, capital gains, inheritance, and withholding obligations
Average engagement delivery time
From signed engagement letter to completed written deliverable
The Difference
What sets HPT apart from the Big 4.
The Big 4 firms have technical depth and global scale. They also have structural limitations that make them unsuitable for most private international clients. This comparison is honest — there are mandates better suited to a large firm. But for most clients reading this, the comparison below explains why they are talking to us.
| Criterion | HPT Group | Big 4 / Large Firm |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum engagement fees | From £1,500 (Diagnosis) — fixed fee, no surprise billing | £25,000–£100,000+ minimum for comparable scope |
| Who delivers the work | Named principal advisor from first call to final deliverable | Partners sell the work; graduates and associates deliver it |
| Conflicts of interest | None — no referral fees, no undisclosed arrangements | Institutional conflicts across audit, tax, and advisory clients |
| Time to first deliverable | 5–10 business days (Diagnosis); 3–6 weeks (Blueprint) | 6–18 months for comparable written output |
| Written output quality | 30–60 page formal memoranda; directly usable by lawyers and banks | Heavily caveated reports requiring interpretation by the client |
| Ongoing communication | Direct access to the advisor who designed your structure | Routed through relationship managers and account coordinators |
Locations & Networks
Based in London. Active across the world's financial centres.
HPT Group's principal operations are based in London, from which all senior advisory engagements are managed and delivered. London remains the pre-eminent hub for international private client advisory, with unmatched access to specialist legal counsel, private banking relationships, and regulatory expertise across the full range of offshore jurisdictions.
Beyond London, HPT maintains active professional relationships — with formation agents, banking partners, compliance professionals, and regulatory advisors — across Dubai (DIFC and ADGM), Geneva, Singapore, Nassau (The Bahamas), and Valletta (Malta). These relationships are maintained through direct engagement, not correspondent referral networks, and are activated as live relationships on client mandates.
This model — a compact, senior London base with deep jurisdiction-specific relationships — allows HPT to deliver the precision of a specialist firm and the geographic reach of a large institution, without the overhead, conflicts, and bureaucracy that large institutions carry.
London
Principal operations & all senior advisory
Dubai
DIFC & ADGM — UAE structuring & VASP licensing
Geneva
Swiss private banking & wealth management relationships
Singapore
MAS-regulated banking & APAC fund structures
Nassau
Bahamas foundation & private trust company work
Valletta
Malta EU licensing & gaming regulatory framework
Who We Work With
We take on a small number of clients.
All engagements are selective.
Entrepreneurs & Founders
Exiting, scaling or relocating businesses with cross-border structuring needs. HPT resolves the holding architecture, tax residency, and banking strategy as a single coordinated engagement — not three separate engagements with three separate advisors.
HNWI & Families
Wealth protection, residency planning, succession, and asset diversification for families whose financial affairs span multiple jurisdictions. We design structures that are administratively manageable and built for the long term.
Fintech & Payment Companies
Licensing, banking rails, compliance frameworks and regulatory strategy for digital financial services businesses. ADGM, VARA, MAS, FCA, Bank of Lithuania — we have worked across every major fintech licensing regime.
Corporates & Investment Vehicles
Holding structures, deal execution, fund and SPV formation for institutional-grade transactions requiring jurisdictional precision, banking certainty, and investor-ready documentation.
Start Your Engagement
Initial Step
Submit an Application
Tell us about your business, assets and goals. We review fit within 2 business days and come back to you with a frank assessment before any charges are incurred.
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Start with a Diagnosis
One pressing question. A written answer from a senior advisor — not an analyst, not a template. From £1,500, credited in full toward a Blueprint engagement if you proceed.
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