Maksym Stepanenko
Managing Partner, Crystal Tax
International client projects since 2012: company structures, tax, immigration, DUNS and NCAGE. 50+ jurisdictions.
Enterprise assets are the basis of a business. Asset protection is about minimizing the risks of takeovers, tax authorities, business partners, etc. by planning the allocation of capital in a way that is favorable for management.
Our team offers several options for protecting assets in Europe, for example, using a trust. But before choosing a method of protection, it is necessary to identify and rank the risks of losing assets. Many factors are taken into account:
Protecting the company's assets from partners, creditors, competitors and the state is a rather difficult task. And it is better to entrust it to Crystal.Tax professionals. They will create a simple and understandable asset protection system in Europe. Some simple steps need to be taken:
Access to ultimate owners can be made much more difficult by using a sophisticated cash flow architecture.
It is worth remembering that even an unregistered land plot can pose a threat to the normal conduct of business. Therefore, the protection of the company's assets begins, first of all, with the correct execution of documents for real estate and land. And this is both in Ukraine and in Europe. Study with our lawyers the laws of the country where you are going to do business. This will help you a lot in the future. And if difficulties have already arisen, we will find their source and help you avoid them in the future.
Maksym Stepanenko
Managing Partner, Crystal Tax
International client projects since 2012: company structures, tax, immigration, DUNS and NCAGE. 50+ jurisdictions.
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Our advantages
Corporate structuring, company registration in Ukraine and abroad, tax and reporting, migration, bank accounts, DUNS and NCAGE codes. We run the whole project, from choosing the solution to the finished documents.
Confidentiality terms are set out in our contract. We do not pass information about a client or their project to third parties, except where the law expressly requires it.
We compare jurisdictions against your business task: tax regime, reporting, substance requirements and access to banking. On the call we go through the upsides and the limits of each option.
We name the timeline for every step before the work starts — it depends on the jurisdiction, the registrar and the bank. Personal data is used only to deliver the service.
We handle the correspondence with registrars, government bodies and banks and answer their requests ourselves. From you we need documents and signatures.
We take each case to the finish: if an authority or registrar comes back with remarks, we revise the documents at no extra charge. The fee is calculated for your task before work starts.