Offshore and low-tax jurisdictions - free course from the Russian School of Management, training 16 hours, date: December 7, 2023.

Schemes and models for building a group of companies. Offshore and low-tax jurisdictions
• The concept and meaning of a group of companies (holding). Advantages and disadvantages of dividing a business into different structures. Legal consequences of creating a group of companies.
• Selecting a legal form and jurisdiction for building a group of companies. JSC or LLC. The feasibility of using non-profit organizations.
• Use of foreign jurisdictions for the purposes of building a group of companies. Low tax jurisdictions.

• Offshore jurisdictions. Methods, goals and schemes for using offshore companies in a holding.
• Trusts (trust funds) and the feasibility of their use in a holding company. Use of private funds when building a group of companies.
• Types of offshore companies.
• Difference between offshore companies and low-tax companies.
• Difference between an offshore company and a trust fund and a private fund.
• Requirements for registration of offshore companies. Authorized capital. Amount of authorized capital. Necessity of payment.
• Overview of the registration procedure and list of required documents.
• Register Agent. Relationships and maintaining the company's activities. Opening bank accounts by offshore companies. Features of creating and managing companies in some jurisdictions.
• Shareholders in offshore jurisdictions. Register of shareholders Disclosure of information.
• An overview of some of the benefits obtained from using offshore companies.
• Corporate governance models. Ways to manage a company group.
• Building a group of companies as a mechanism to protect against hostile takeovers. Group of companies and corporate conflicts.
• The importance of the shareholders' agreement for building a group of companies.
• Property of the group of companies and its distribution. Protection of rights to shares (shares). Protecting rights to assets by building a group of companies. Asset diversification.
• Possibility of exercise of powers by the final beneficiary to manage all structures of the holding. Geometry of legal relations between the owners of companies included in the group.
• Responsibility of management bodies, shareholders and other persons for losses caused to the company. The problem of liability of the main company for the debts of its subsidiary.

Lesson. Types and types of international companies, and how to use them
• How to use a foreign company
• Advantages of conducting foreign trade activities through a foreign company
• Types of companies in Hong Kong, UAE, Cyprus
• What are offshore companies
• Features of doing business in Hong Kong and Singapore
• Features of doing business in the UAE
• Features of companies in the Caribbean since 2019
• An example of an international business organization
• Questionnaire for making a decision on choosing the country of registration of the company

Lesson. Features of registering companies in low-tax jurisdictions
• The lesson is devoted to the peculiarities of registration of legal entities in foreign practice. It is no secret that in some countries companies are registered not by government agencies, but by private firms (registered agents) with the appropriate license. What documents you will need, what you will receive after registration and what the registration process itself is - you will learn about this from this lesson
Lesson. Trust funds
• What are trust funds? How do they differ from trust management of property? How to draw up a trust agreement correctly? Myths about trusts and much more you will learn from this lesson

Lesson. Offshore companies
• Types of jurisdictions in the world
• What is offshore
• Myths about offshore companies
• Why offshore companies are becoming a thing of the past
• Are Caribbean offshore companies really that good?
• Are there offshore companies in Europe?
• What can offshore be used for?
• Benefits from using foreign jurisdiction
• What is the economic presence requirement?
• Restrictions on the use of offshore companies
• An example of an international business organization