Maksym Stepanenko
Managing Partner, Crystal Tax
International client projects since 2012: company structures, tax, immigration, DUNS and NCAGE. 50+ jurisdictions.
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Offshore structures are the real basis of most financial centers of offshore companies. That is why more and more entrepreneurs want to create them. You can split such structures into:
- Offshore funds.
- Trusts.
- Companies.
- Partnerships
The creation of specialized offshore structures means the opening of a company that will have a special license or differ in its organizational and legal form. That is, as a rule, an offshore structure is created in order to solve a specific issue.
The reasons for the formation of such structures
Of course, there are quite a lot of reasons to be found here, but all of them can be divided into genuine and illegal ones. Of course, it is best not to get involved with the latter, and no law firm will help you with this. But for general development, you need to know them all.
So, the real reasons are:
- Vehicles, holding. This means that the company hires special holdings that divert all legal risk from the main enterprise.
- Asset protection. Often, for rich people from politically unstable countries, it is necessary to create specialized offshore companies. The structure in this case can avoid expropriation.
- Involuntary hereditary provisions and their avoidance. In many countries of the world it is necessary to use inheritance clauses for the distribution of assets after death. An offshore structure will help to avoid this.
- Investment in collective funds. In this way, international distribution can be facilitated.
- Control over trade exchange. This reason often appears in countries with currency control.
Illegal reasons are:
- The possibility of terminating the loan taken. If a person has a large debt, then you can avoid paying it off by creating an offshore structure.
- Manipulation in the market.
- The possibility of money laundering.
- Terrorist financing.
The creation of specialized offshore management structures is a rather difficult task. That is why it is worth seeking help from real professionals. Our lawyers will be happy to help you with all questions. It is difficult to enumerate all the structures that can be created by us. After all, the list of this is very large. Therefore, if necessary, it is better to contact us individually.
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