BRIDGES expert
Wealth Structuring Advisor, BRIDGES
I shape how a family owns its capital after a move: personal tax status, companies, accounts and the order in which the money moves. So the tax is legal and minimal, and the structure is simple. Seventeen years in asset structuring, at BRIDGES since 2019.
Path
Prague, Luxembourg, Valletta. First holdings and funds at a large law firm, then Malta’s tax regimes, now ownership structures for BRIDGES clients.
Born in Prague into a family of engineers. He started learning Russian for the films and really learned it during a year’s internship in Moscow.
Faculty of law, specialising in tax and financial law. Thesis on the Czech Republic’s tax treaties with CIS countries.
Seven years at a large law firm: holdings, funds, share deals. He saw elegant structures of a dozen companies fall apart at the first bank check.
A tax lawyer in Malta: GRP status, the non-dom regime, tax refunds for trading companies. He learned to build structures that pass checks and stay clear to the client.
Joined BRIDGES to run ownership structures for clients moving with capital: personal status, companies, accounts, the order of transfers.
Asset structuring consultant at BRIDGES. Matters where residence, tax and companies must come together in one simple scheme go through Yan.
Approach to cases
Six rules Yan applies when building a structure.
Every extra company is a question from the bank and the tax office. We build exactly as many links as needed.
The same amount can be taxed differently depending on when and how it was brought in. We count before the transfer.
A flat tax, non-dom, tax treaties. No offshores that close doors at banks.
Tax residence rests on facts: days, home, centre of interests. A paper status loses the check.
The structure takes into account spouses, children and succession, not just today’s income.
The scheme fits on one page: who owns what, where tax is paid and why. If the client cannot retell it, it is too complex.
Talks and media
Yan speaks at conferences on trusts, tax and ownership structures. You can book a meeting in advance.
Upcoming conferences
Yan online
Beyond work
At BRIDGES I am responsible for how a family owns its capital after a move. I love the moment when a complex twenty-page story turns into a scheme on a napkin and the client says: now it is clear.
I am from Prague, spent four years in Luxembourg and now live in Malta with my wife and two children. The children speak four languages and argue about which one is the main one.
At weekends I sail around Gozo, and in winter I go home to Prague for the Christmas markets. I love Czech beer, chess problems and old jazz records.
Situations
These are the questions clients most often bring to Yan.
Case stories
Malta · tax
Arthur was moving to Malta and wanted to bring in 500,000 euros of his savings to buy a yacht. The risk was that the transfer would be treated as income and taxed at up to 35%.
We structured the transfer on the remittance basis: showed it was capital accumulated before the move and made the transfer in the right order. The tax came to 15%, the purchase closed.
Outcome: Money brought in legally, 15% instead of 35%
Malta · tax
Eduard earns millions of euros a year from shares and venture deals. After moving from the CIS he faced a progressive rate of up to 45%.
We set up GRP status with a flat tax and the non-dom regime and separated his income so that each stream is taxed by its own rules. Eduard can retell the scheme himself in two minutes.
Outcome: Personal tax on worldwide income reduced to a minimum
Malta · tax
Fahad from Riyadh owns stakes in shopping centres in Germany and Spain. Without a European status half the income went in withholding tax.
We arranged GRP status and a Maltese tax residence certificate, then applied double tax treaties. The rates were revised within a few months.
Outcome: Tax on European income reduced by more than 20%
Reviews
Client reviews from matters Yan ran: who the client is, where they are from, which programme - and a link to the full case.
ViktorCo-owner of offshore structureDividends from an offshore bank raised a red flag. Yan laid out the whole structure and the legality of the business, the flag was lifted, and the passport granted.
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SergeyBRIDGES clientMy income is dividends from Singapore. Yan proved they were declared and clean, and Hungarian residence was granted.
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MaximBRIDGES clientYan set up my Maltese status in advance and structured the sale of the company. The capital gain I did not bring in was taxed at zero.
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BRIDGES knowledge base materials signed by Yan: ownership structures, Maltese and Cypriot tax regimes, moving capital during a relocation.
BRIDGES sections
Team
A matter is never run by one person: the legal position, the filing, the documents and the work on the ground each have a named owner.
INITIAL ASSESSMENT
We will design a solution for your case, choose the country and the right status, and take the whole process through to the result.
