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Malta Family Office for German founders

Setting up a family office in Malta as a German founder is a three-variable problem: the Malta entity, the family office regulatory profile, and the home-country exposure of the UBO.

Malta entity

EU substance requirements + DAC6

Family Office considerations

Single or multi-family wealth structuring vehicle.

German UBO exposure

AStG add-back taxation, exit tax on >1% holdings, substance critical.

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