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Key contacts
Partner: Alexei Kuznetsov
Quick facts
# Partners

3

# Other qualified practitioners

8

# Total number of lawyers

36

# Practitioners (worldwide)

100+

Languages

English, Russian, French, Chinese

Firm overview
BaOne is a Dubai-based professional services firm established in 2022 by former Big Four partners with over 30 years of tax advisory expertise and a wealth of experience in delivering challenging projects. The firm offers a full range of professional services covering tax advisory, tax compliance, HR and tax consulting, private clients advisory, business support, strategy and technology. The firm serves both corporate and private clients. With a partnership network, we are strategically positioned to deliver fast, effective solutions across multiple jurisdictions – helping our clients thrive wherever they operate.

In-depth local market knowledge and extensive international experience enable BaOne to offer unique insights and recommendations for clients. BaOne provides integrated consulting and support services at all stages of a company’s entry into the market: from the establishment of an organizational structure to ongoing business support.

Since October 2024 in addition to services for corporate clients BaOne advises high-net-worth individuals and family offices on relocation to the UAE, asset structuring through trusts and foundations, succession planning and cross-border tax matters.

In addition to its presence in the UAE, the firm has a growing regional presence with offices in Uzbekistan, Turkey and Kazakhstan, supporting cross-border projects and clients operating across the Middle East and Central Asia.

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Key practice areas

  • Business model optimisation
  • Cross-border project management
  • Economic modelling
  • IP management
  • Policy design
  • Technology services
Key practice contacts & recent matter highlights

  • Alexei Kuznetsov
    Tax consulting
    E: alexei.kuznetsov@baone.ae

    • Tax due diligence reviews of multiple companies, including assessment of VAT and corporate tax calculations, intragroup transactions, transfer pricing matters, permanent establishment risks and tax credit availability.
    • Assisted a DIFC licensed fund manager with developing a well-supported tax position for a Private Clarification request, submission to the UAE FTA, and liaison during the review process.
    • Provided comprehensive advice on company redomiciliation to the UAE, including the redomiciliation of a public company.
  • Revaz Chitaya
    Corporate taxes
    E: revaz.chitaya@baone.ae

    • Restructuring of an international IT group operating across the USA, UAE, BVI, Cayman Islands and Cyprus to create an optimal business model.
    • Assisted with developing a tax position for transition from the 9% corporate tax regime to the Qualifying Free Zone Person (QFZP) regime.
    • Assessment of UAE corporate tax implications for various global commodity traders.
  • Sergey Safarov
    TP policy design
    E: sergey.safarov@baone.ae
    • Transfer Pricing Policy Development for a UAE-based trading group.
    • Transfer pricing analysis of intra-group loans, services and commodity trading transactions.
    • Transfer pricing analysis of the distribution model for a UAE-based trading company.
Sector expertise

  • Accounting
  • Agriculture
  • Aviation
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Fisheries and aquaculture
  • Food and beverage
  • Forestry
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Mining
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Transport
  • Utilities
Address:
iSpace (Multispace Business Center L.L.C.), The Offices 2, Level 3
One Central, Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai, UAE
United Arab Emirates
Tel:+971 50 741 7119 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://baone.ae
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