About

The back office behind the fortune

The discreet team a fortune keeps on quiet retainer — banking, structures, residency, succession — handled by people who do only this, named and accountable for the outcome. The UAE is a tool we deploy when it fits the outcome, never the pitch.

Why banking-first exists

Everyone optimises for the licence. The account is where it breaks.

The standard playbook is to set up the company, collect the fee, and hand you a folder. Then you walk into a bank and discover the structure was never built to be bankable — and that is where most applications stall.

We flipped the order. We start where it is hardest, treat the account as the gate it actually is, and design the company, residency and assets to clear that gate from day one. Banking-first is not a slogan — it is the sequence that keeps the rest of the plan from collapsing.

How we work

Bank → Company → Visa → Assets

1
Bank
Clear the hard step first
2
Company
Built to be bankable
3
Visa
Structured around assets
4
Assets
Protected & efficient
~5,000
deals closed across the group
group track record
100+ HNWI
mandates delivered
WTP client base
50
partners in 15 countries
WTP network
7+
UAE banks
WTP banking desk
Real people, named, accountable

The team you actually deal with

Ivan Olenichev
Ivan Olenichev
Founder & CEO

Strategy, structuring, client mandates

Built WTP around one hard truth: the bank is the gate, so we start there.

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Sergey Kravtsov
Sergey Kravtsov
Founder & Corporate Structures

UAE corporate structures, company formation, banking and international settlements — for clients and partners across the CIS

The Owner you deal with directly — one team, one point of responsibility, and a structure that holds for the long run.

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Oleg Karasev
Oleg Karasev
Investments & Capital

Capital markets, investment structuring, UAE real estate, late-stage private deals

Thirteen years inside capital markets — weighs global markets, UAE property and late-stage US private deals as one portfolio strategy.

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All experts
For partners

Family offices and B2B advisors

If you advise internationally mobile clients and keep hitting the banking wall, we run the part most firms can't. We work white-label alongside family offices, legal practices and wealth managers.

Talk to us about partnering

Not sure where you stand?

Request a 15-minute pre-screen with a named expert. You'll get a realistic Banking Roadmap — no obligation.

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No pitch. If we can't take your case, we'll tell you.

Ivan OlenichevIvan Olenichev · Founder & CEO