New York City commercial litigation associate Danielle McLaughlin appeared on FOX Business discussing legal consequences following the leak of the «Panama Papers» revealing widespread use
of offshore company structures.
Not exact matches
There are various ways
of structuring your business affairs using
offshore investing
companies or trusts that can cut or defer your taxes.
«It seems to be that at the moment
companies using
offshore structures are in the focus
of the tax authorities for such transfer pricing audits.
On 18 February 2013 the Minister
of national Revenue moved ex parte for an order under section 231.2 (3)
of the Income Tax Act, authorizing him to impose on KPMG LLP a requirement to provide information relating to certain
of its unnamed clients, including their identities, and documentation relating to their participation in an
offshore company tax
structure.
Vitaly Timokhov, a tax lawyer at Tax Chambers LLP, says the law firms could have been involved to incorporate the Canadian side
of these
companies, act as advisers for beneficiaries, or settlors
of trusts, or help set up an
offshore financial
structure for
companies to create «tax efficiencies.»
It is necessary to be a good business lawyer, first
of all, with vast knowledge on financial and banking law, in order to understand the transactions, transfers
of money funds, to know the manner
of functioning
of various assets registers, such as: cadastral, yacht,
company registers, as well as
offshore accounts and business
structures and systems.
Offshore Structures: we have been involved in cases for or about the constitution and effectiveness of offshore structures including hybrid companies, trusts, anstalts, and
Structures: we have been involved in cases for or about the constitution and effectiveness
of offshore structures including hybrid companies, trusts, anstalts, and
structures including hybrid
companies, trusts, anstalts, and stiftungs.
Dev specializes in Mergers & Acquisition Finance / Banking, Investment Management, Lease and Transportation Finance, Private Equity and Venture Capital,
Structured Finance, Aircraft Finance and leasing; Project Finance, securities, capital markets practices, regulatory compliance, antitrust and competition, setting up
of offshore companies,
offshore fund and Collective Investment Scheme, on international banking and privatization.
These petitions amounted to an attack on the system
of nominee
structures - whereby
offshore individuals beneficially own UK
companies.
RND settlors and beneficiaries who occupy properties in the UK (or elsewhere) which are owned by an
offshore trust and / or
company should look carefully at the merits or otherwise
of retaining the
structure: a disposal
of the property post 5 April 2008 may give rise to a gain which could be taxed on the RND settlor / beneficiary.
Name: Dev R. Erriah Title: Barrister Degree: LLB, LLM, TEP Specialises in: Mergers & Acquisition Finance / Banking, Investment Management, Lease and Transportation Finance, Private Equity and Venture Capital,
Structured Finance, Aircraft Finance and leasing; Project Finance, securities, capital markets practices, regulatory compliance, antitrust and competition, setting up
of offshore companies,
offshore fund and Collective Investment Scheme, on international banking and privatization.
Experience in the
structuring, formation and management
of onshore and
offshore private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds and / or hedge funds and their general partner and management
companies is preferred.