Most of our clients are from Latin America and in the following industries:

• Oil & gas
• Mining
• Agricultural export

 

Most of them are raising capital for expansion or working on Joint Ventures in the US or Canada.  We help them with international structures that either make their business more attractive to investors or create Joint Venture Partnerships.

 

International Private Investment Funds are Private investment Funds with a regulated Fund manager. For a non-US owner manager to raise capital from US investors, the Investment Fund or structure needs to be regulated. If the structure is not regulated the investors and their advisors will view that structure as “high risk”.

 

We spend a lot of time explaining to owner mangers of Latin American businesses that they cannot use the same rules and methods as US business owners.

 

Non-US businesses are viewed as high risk by US investors, their advisors, and their private banks.

 

So Latin American owner managers need to use international Private Investment Funds if they want to raise capital successfully in the USA.

Captive Insurance is a well known structure in international finance especially for owner managers who are raising capital for:

 

• Oil & gas
• Mining
• Agricultural export

 

In all three of these businesses a Captive insurance company can:

 

• Reduce risk
• Make the business more attractive to US investors
• Reduce the operational cost of finance

 

If you own an Oil & Gas company, a captive insurance company that is insuring the commercial risk of the business would make your company much less risky than other oil & gas companies. In conjunction with a Private Investment Fund, a Captive Insurance company will reduce operational risks and give US investors comfort that there is a substantial amount of investor protection.  The owner manager can also use the Captive Insurance company to negotiate more control over their business with investors. The same applies for the owner manager of a mining company.

 

If you own an agricultural export company, you can use a Captive insurance company to:

 

• Reduce the costs of letters of credit
• Reduce the cost of performance bonds

 

A Captive insurance company can help a supplier who is working with brokers to improve access to capital to be able to acquire Documentary Letters of Credit.

Most of our clients are from Latin America and are owners of companies involved in oil & gas, mining, or agricultural export.  Most of them are raising capital for expansion or working on Joint Ventures in the US or Canada.  We help them with international structures that either make their business more attractive to investors or Joint Venture Partners.

Our clients are usually either moving to, doing business in, buying real estate, or carrying out wealth management in the USA.  Latin American countries are civil law countries and do not have the tradition of the law of equity. There are three main areas of trusts that we help our clients with along with their US advisors:

 

• Fiduciary duty
• Asset protection trusts
• Estate and trust planning

 

If you are investing or doing business in the USA, it is very important that you understand the importance that the fiduciary duty holds in all agreements, not just trusts.  We spend a lot of time asking if and making sure fiduciary duties are in place and have not been excluded from agreements. Setting up US domestic trusts is an important form of asset protection for owner managers. Especially owner managers who are raising funds in the USA from US investors.

 

Finally in the US, owner managers investing in the US especially those with families, need to be aware of the 40+ % estate tax and the opportunities for long term wealth planning in the USA.

We setup active businesses that have staff, directors, and offices. These companies are tax resident in Barbados, Canada, or the USA. These companies then have full access to tax treaties such as the USA-Barbados DTA. Active business companies are usually exempt from the Controlled Foreign Corporation rules that all Latin American nations have.

 

In today’s environment, compliance is more important than ever, and it especially impacts access to banking. You don’t want any jurisdiction putting you on a list for failing to maintain a compliant company. Compliance is becoming more and more automated every day as the authorities and banks collect a lot of information on the internet.

 

LLCs, US C-corps, Barbados, and Canadian companies all have compliance dates. We have a CRM system that helps us to assist our clients with managing the compliance of their corporate structures.

Most of our clients are from Latin America and are in the following industries:

 

• Oil & gas
• Mining
• Agricultural export

 

Most of them are raising capital for expansions or working on Joint Ventures in the USA or Canada.  We help them with international structures that either make their business more attractive to investors or Joint Venture Partners.

 

For a non-US owner manager to raise capital from US investors, the structure that owns the oil & gas project, mine, or farm, needs to be regulated. 

 

If the structure is not regulated, the US investors and their advisors will view that structure as “high risk”.

We spend a lot of time explaining to owner mangers of Latin American businesses that they cannot use the same Private Equity rules and methods as US business owners.  Most US accredited investors in Private Equity are US domestic investors.  US private equity structures for US domestic businesses will not work for non-US owner managers with non-US businesses.

 

Non-US businesses are viewed as high risk by US investors and their advisors and private banks.  To raise capital successfully in the USA, Latin American owner managers need to use:

 

• International Private Investment Funds.
• Captive insurance

 

We setup and operate these structures and we help clients save money by instructing US lawyers and advisors who sometimes may not be familiar with the international structuring that is required.

Mithril International will provide commercial, functional, taxplanning that is tailored to protect your wealth and assets. We have experience in working with tax advisors from your jurisdictions and we understand how to implement and operate the tax advice that they give you.

 

Mithril International will understand your tax advice, implement your tax structure and makes sure the objectives of your family and business are always achieved.

We provide financial accounting services that enable you to produce either management accounts or Financial statements for international businesses and international trusts.

 

These financial accounting services can be provided to IFRS or other GAAP standards if necessary. We can also facilitate and enable annual financial audits if required.

Mithril International will provide clients with submissions and guidance when dealing with:

• The Common Reporting System (“CRS”)
• Economic Substance legislation.
• AML and Continuous Risk Assessment.

whether or nor reporting is required.

Mithril International will help you with all the tasks required to enable your business to be operated both legally and efficiently. Our active business services include:

 

Directors | Office Space | Staff | Management & oversight

Due to the global exchange of information, owners and families need to choose their citizenship and residence carefully. You need residency in the place where you are going to run your international businesses and wealth planning platform from.

 

We offer services to facilitate the following for you:

 

• Barbadian Citizenship
• Permanent Residence Permit
• Full and temporary visas
• Spousal or partner’s visas

These services are for Non-US persons:

 

• Florida LLC registered agent 
• LLC formation
• LLC formation and compliance 
• Florida branch registration
• Florida Private Trust Company
• Florida Domestic and Foreign Trusts
• Florida Trustee and administration
• Instructions and Facilitating advice from US international tax counsel.