Case studies
Founders who restructured into Bulgaria.
Anonymised but real - what they were running, why they moved, what we did, and what changed.
B2B SaaSMunich, Germany
Effective tax rate: 42% → 14.5%A German SaaS founder cut his effective tax rate from 42% to 14.5% - without leaving the EU.
Bootstrapped SaaS doing €280k/year. Hamburg accounting bills were eating the margin and German trade tax was crushing reinvestment.
42% → 14.5%
Effective tax rate
6 business days
Setup time
≈ €77,000
Annual savings
Consumer goods (DTC)Rotterdam, Netherlands
Annual tax saving: ≈ €90,000A 7-figure DTC brand restructured into a Bulgarian holding to reinvest €120k more per year into ads.
€1.4M annual revenue Shopify brand selling premium homewares across the EU. Hit a margin ceiling under the Dutch corporate tax regime.
≈ €90,000
Annual tax saving
+€120k/year
Ad budget unlocked
0%
Customer churn from move
Professional servicesLondon, UK
Setup time: 5 business daysPost-Brexit, a London consultant rebuilt EU client access with a Bulgarian EOOD in 5 days.
Solo strategy consultant, £180k/year, lost three EU framework contracts because procurement required an in-EU invoicing entity.
5 business days
Setup time
£142,000
EU revenue, year 1
2 of 3 lost
Contracts recovered
Web3 / blockchainAustin, Texas, USA
Time to operational entity: 4 weeksA US-based Web3 founder set up a MiCA-aligned EU operating company in 4 weeks.
Pre-seed Web3 protocol moving from a Wyoming LLC to an EU-domiciled operating company ahead of the MiCA rollout. Needed a base, not a token-issuance vehicle.
4 weeks
Time to operational entity
2
EU hires in month 2
1
DD revision rounds
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