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Dual-location & second base

A second base, without losing control of the first.

Strategic counsel on establishing an additional base of life and business abroad while keeping your Israeli base, and on the exposure that living across two countries creates.

Not everyone relocating wants to leave. A second base - a home and a business presence in another country, alongside the Israeli one - is a different decision from a full move, and it carries its own exposure: where you are tax resident, where you can be sued, and where a judgment can reach you when your life is split across two jurisdictions. The firm advises on building that second base strategically and on managing the dual-presence exposure. Local counsel handles the in-country execution.

The work spans
  • The strategic design of a second base of life and business, alongside the existing one.
  • The dual-residency exposure: where tax residency sits, and the risk of being resident in two places.
  • Where, with two bases, you can be sued and where a judgment can reach you.
  • Sequencing a second base so it does not accidentally shift your whole centre of life.
  • Coordination of the destination counsel and advisers who establish the base on the ground.
  • You want a home and a business presence abroad while keeping your Israeli base.
  • You are unsure whether a second base will accidentally move your whole centre of life for tax.
  • You split your time across two countries and want to know where you can be sued or reached.
  • You want the second base designed and coordinated, with local counsel doing the in-country work.

The firm designs the second base to do what the client wants - an additional foothold - without tipping into a full, unintended shift of the centre of life, which is the most common dual-location mistake. It maps where a split presence exposes the client to two tax authorities and to claims in two forums. It coordinates the local counsel who establish the base, and it holds the line between the two jurisdictions so they stay deliberate rather than tangled.

04 · What you get

A deliberate second base

A foothold that does not accidentally become a full relocation.

The dual-presence exposure mapped

Where two tax authorities and two forums could reach you.

Coordinated execution

Local counsel establishes the base; the firm holds the cross-border strategy.

A client wants a second home and business presence abroad without giving up the Israeli base. The firm designs the second base to stay an additional foothold rather than a full shift, maps the dual-residency and dual-forum exposure, and coordinates the local counsel who establish the presence on the ground.

Described in abbreviated, anonymised form to preserve client confidentiality.

Can I have a base in two countries without becoming tax resident in both?

It depends on how the presence is structured and where your centre of life actually sits, and the risk of dual residency is real, which is why the exposure is mapped and the move is coordinated with tax advisers.

Where can I be sued if my life is split across two countries?

Potentially in more than one, since a presence, assets, or a business in each can create jurisdiction; mapping where you can be sued and reached is part of designing a second base.

How is a second base different from relocating?

A second base keeps the Israeli centre of life while adding a foothold abroad, whereas relocation shifts the centre entirely; the danger is a second base that, by accident, becomes a full move, which the design is built to avoid.

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