Dubai · Private capital advisory

Sergey Pevnitsky

Private Capital · Investment Structuring · UAE Foundations · Cross-Border Transactions

I advise families, founders and international investors on structuring private capital, investment holdings and cross-border transactions through the UAE and other international jurisdictions.

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About

A legal mind with an execution lens.

I am a legal and private capital adviser with more than 20 years of professional experience. My work sits at the intersection of legal structuring, private wealth architecture, investment structuring and banking execution.

I currently serve as Managing Director at Enter.Wealth, the private wealth and structuring arm of the Enter.Global ecosystem. This website is my personal professional platform for articles, notes and thinking on private capital, UAE foundations, cross-border structuring and transaction architecture.

What I do

Structuring that works in practice.

Private Capital Structuring

UAE foundations, family governance, succession planning, holding structures, ownership and control architecture.

Private Capital Structuring

UAE foundations, family governance, succession planning, holding structures, ownership and control architecture.

Investment Structuring

Investment holding platforms, SPVs, co-investment structures, investor entry, private deals and asset holding.

Investment Structuring

Investment holding platforms, SPVs, co-investment structures, investor entry, private deals and asset holding.

Cross-Border Transactions

M&A support, redomiciliations, restructurings, transaction architecture and settlement logic across jurisdictions.

Cross-Border Transactions

M&A support, redomiciliations, restructurings, transaction architecture and settlement logic across jurisdictions.

Banking & Execution

Bankability, source of wealth, source of funds, compliance narrative, account opening logic and coordination with banks, brokers and platforms.

Banking & Execution

Bankability, source of wealth, source of funds, compliance narrative, account opening logic and coordination with banks, brokers and platforms.

Core expertise

Jurisdictions, structures and operating realities.

UAE Foundations · DIFC · ADGM · RAK ICC · Private Capital Structuring · Investment Holding Platforms · Family Governance · Succession Planning · Redomiciliation · M&A Support · UAE Corporate Tax · Banking Readiness · Source of Wealth · Source of Funds · Cross-Border Transactions

Track record

20+

years of legal and advisory experience

PhD in Law, advocate
Managing Director, Enter.Wealth
Formerly led the UAE office of Korpus Prava UAE
Ranked Band 1 in Private Capital by Kommersant Best Lawyers
Advised on and established 20+ UAE foundations
Experience with DIFC, ADGM and RAK ICC structures
Redomiciliations into and out of the UAE
M&A and cross-border transaction support

How I work

A structure is not finished when the documents are signed. It starts working only when banks, counterparties, tax advisers, auditors and the family itself can understand why it exists and how it operates.

01 — Diagnose
Understand the client, assets, jurisdictions, risks and commercial purpose.

02 — Structure
Design the legal, ownership, tax and banking architecture.

03 — Execute
Coordinate implementation with banks, advisers, registrars and professional partners.

Insights

Notes on private capital and transaction architecture.

Article

Why UAE Foundations Became a Serious Private Capital Tool

An introduction to the practical appeal of UAE foundations for governance, succession and holding structures.

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Note

Structures Fail When Banking Reality Is Ignored

Documents are only one part of the execution path. The operating narrative matters just as much.

Coming soon

Perspective

Private Capital Is Becoming Jurisdictionally Allocated

Why location, regulatory fit and execution capability increasingly shape the architecture of capital.

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Contact

For advisory, speaking or transaction-related enquiries, please contact me directly.

This is a personal professional website and does not constitute legal, tax, financial or investment advice.