International Services
Where do you start with company registration, compliance, and entity management when doing business in another country? Even when there is no language barrier the research is time-consuming and every new jurisdiction has different requirements. Our international services mean company registration, governance, and compliance doesn’t have to slow your entry into a new country and delay being able to earn revenue, or put your compliance at risk from being unable to meet deadlines.
Understanding the
Corporate Transparency Act
As someone with decision-making and legal responsibilities in your company you may well feel at a loss as to where to start when it comes to complying with these new regulations. Agile Legal is here to simplify the compliance process and keep you compliant by managing the whole process of meeting the CTA’s requirements.
In order to be compliant with the CTA’s regulations, you must first determine if any of your entities fall under one of the 23 exemptions. For any non-exempt companies, you then need to report your beneficial owners or employees with substantial control over the business. While you may be hesitant to release your personal identifying information, compliance with these requirements will protect your business from harsh fine and penalties.
Agile Legal’s team of attorneys, certified AML professionals, and senior paralegals have studied the new law extensively. We’ve designed a system so we can keep our clients compliant with the CTA’s regulations.
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Don't Expose Yourself to Unnecessary Risk
Missed Deadlines
Disorganization during the planning process can lead to missed deadlines, sending your progress backwards.
Delayed Entry
Non-compliance and unfamiliarity with local regulations may delay your entry into a country, sacrificing your time and money.
Unsuccessful Projects
These and countless other disruptions hinder the success of your projects and complicate meeting performance goals.
Common Problems When Managing Global Subsidiaries
DELAYS
Delays in entering a country are stressful and can impact the bottom line of your business.
BARRIERS
Language, informational, and political barriers make the process of expansion frustrating.
CAPACITY
Lack of local expertise shouldn't hold you back from managing global subsidiaries.
Simplify All Your International Compliance Work
- Speed up your entry into new jurisdictions
- Save time and money on governance and compliance
- Remove the stress and frustration from your global entity management
- Draw upon expertise and experience from our team and to advance your global entity management
- Speed up your lines of communication with in-country support who can communicate in the same language as you, so your projects meet their deadlines on time.
- Do business in the US as easily and stress-free as possible by forming your entity in Delaware with our specialized services
Managed Services For Corporate Transparency Act Compliance
Policy Creation
- Reporting
- Changes
- Monitoring
- Communication
BOIR Preparation
- Help verify Beneficial Owner information
Beneficial Owner Identification
- Identify and document Beneficial Owners
by interest and substantial control
Reporting Company Exemption Analysis
- Review company records & entity charts
- Document exemption status by Reporting Company
- Monitoring
- Communication
BOIR Filing and Monitoring
- File BOIR with FinCEN, filing updates as needed
- Monitor changes to:
- Beneficial Owners
- Reporting Company
- FinCEN and CTA laws and rules
Managed CTA Compliance – Enterprise
- Help verify Beneficial Owner information
- File BOIR with FinCEN, filing updates as needed
- Monitor changes to:
- Beneficial Owners
- Reporting Company
- FinCEN and CTA laws and rules
Managed CTA
Compliance – Lite
Subsidiary management can be an area of significant risk for a business, especially if it is operating in multiple foreign jurisdictions and working alongside in-country support with a different lingua franca. Our subsidiary management services are designed to save you time, meet all compliance and regulatory obligations, and give you peace of mind.
- Company Secretary
- Domiciliation / Registered Office
- Directorships
- Tax & Accounting
Are you ready to find an easier method to manage your global subsidiaries? Order our Global Subsidiary Management services. Check out our Global Subsidiary Management page for further information about the services we can provide.
Global Subsidiary Management
- Entity registration
- Organizational documents, both drafting and maintenance
- Filings with relevant registries
- Registered office provision
- Maintaining compliance, including company secretary
- Providing a resident director where required
Formations & Branch Registrations
Appointing Agile Legal as agent for service of process means your agreements will receive the decades of experience of our senior team of legal professionals. Understanding the variations in deals and structures, Agile provides process agent services designed and priced for your transaction. With flat, fixed fees, our pricing is predictable and simple.
- SOP for structured finance, contracts, capital transactions, and International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) agreements
Process Agent
- Registry searches
- Lien Searches (UCC international equivalent)
- Litigation & Judgments
- Bankruptcies
- Tax Liens (where applicable)
- Credit Reports
- OFAC & Worldwide Sanctions Searches
- Corporate Document Retrievals (Certificate of Good Standing)
- Apostilles
Searches & Retrievals
Agile provides companies with access to a team of AML/KYC professionals able to assist with identity verifications, registrations, monitoring, and reporting for fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing.
Monitoring
- Agile continues to monitor activity, media, and identity information and conducts periodic checks to ensure future compliance
Identification and Assessment
- Agile’s team of professionals assist with verifying personal and corporate identities, information collection, sanction list screening, UBO checks, and PEP checks, customer due diligence (simplified, basic, and enhanced), and providing risk assessments
Registration
- Agile securely and privately maintains this information for inspection by regulators and performs registrations in accordance with local regulations
Reporting
- Agile prepares and provides reports in compliance with regulatory reporting requirements such as suspicious activity reports (SAR) related to reportable accounts, related financial account information, and personal information
Anti-Money Laundering Services
- Determine the authentication requirements based on the type of document, country of origin and destination country
- Arrange legalization steps for the fastest possible approval
- Provide walk-in services in most jurisdictions
- Communicate with you from first step to last
International Authentications
Agile Legal’s rationalization services make it easy to dissolve inactive or unwanted subsidiaries or branches. Dissolving an entity on your own or with a traditional approach can take up to a year to complete, but once you have completed your due diligence our process for dissolving entities can put an end to your liability in a matter of weeks. Let us take that stress off your hands and Agile Legal can handle the dissolution process from start to finish so you can get back to doing your job.
- Due diligence
- Plan pathway to dissolution including:
- Assessing compliance & good standing
- Completing required filings & paying government fees
- Paying any fines for non-compliance
- Updating company governance records
- Terminating any remaining employee
- Passing required board resolutions for dissolution
- Transfer of shares
- Dissolution
Foreign Entity Rationalization & Dissolution
Global Subsidiary Management Tiers
To simplify your entity management, Agile Legal has designed tiers that package our management services, making it easier for our clients to get the help they need.
Not Sure What Services You'll Need?
Contact our international team and we can advise what tier is best for you.
Where We Can Assist With Global
Subsidiary Management
We have extensive country coverage across the globe
This map shows the countries where Agile Legal currently manages entities. These countries are categorized either as Band A or Band B. These bands are based upon the differing levels of complexity of corporate compliance for entities in those countries.
Band A countries have fewer and less complicated regulations for entities than countries in band B. This often correlates with whether a country has a civil law or a common law legal system. Countries with civil law systems tend to be more bureaucratic and stringent with compliance, requiring more work and expertise.
Learn more about the impact of common law and civil law legal systems on global subsidiary management in our blog article.
Looking to Dissolve a Global Subsidiary or Branch?
Agile Legal provides cost-effective and timely rationalization services to help you dissolve underperforming subsidiaries and branches. Check out our International Services page to learn more.
How the Corporate Transparency Act Affects
Formations & Dissolutions
The CTA affects a wide range of fields, and formations and dissolutions are no exception. While the CTA is still in its infancy and will likely be changing as 2024 progresses, these infographics demonstrate how the current state of the CTA affects corporate formations and dissolutions.
Unsure Where to Start with International Support?
Use our contact us page to get in touch with us to see if working with the international team is a good fit for you.
Need International Support?
We have extensive country coverage across the globe
Contract Clause Library
Concerned about your knowledge of different contract definitions?
View our contract clause library to stay up to date with the terminology you should be using in your contracts.
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Our Process
Order a Legal Service
Tell us your needs.
Follow Up Call
We will arrange a time to speak to you about getting the help you need.
Safeguard Your Success
You will get the services you need.
Have Outstanding Questions About the CTA?
Agile Legal’s team of CTA experts are ready at your disposal to answer any questions you may have about the CTA and its compliance requirements. Book a meeting with us to get 1:1 support from our compliance professionals.
International Services
Trying to progress your legal projects in another country can be frustrating. Navigating language barriers, time zones, compliance regulations, access to government departments or even cultural differences, is easier said than done. You shouldn’t have to feel helpless in the face of these obstacles that are beyond your control. Agile Legal’s international services team can take the strain in efficiently completing your legal projects in foreign jurisdictions, from AML/KYC compliance, to international authentications or global subsidiary management. With our expertise in over 100 jurisdictions, we can advance your operational goals by ensuring your international legal projects are completed without undue stress. Few companies have dedicated resources to exclusively handle international projects – you have other responsibilities that need attention too. Engaging Agile Legal to service your international corporate needs means you can have more time to work on other projects that demand your focus so you can end the day feeling satisfied in the knowledge that all your legal projects, at home and abroad, are on track.
Looking to dissolve a foreign entity?
Check out our rationalization services.