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Nominee

What are nominee services?

A Nominee service is a legal way of protecting the identity and anonymity of the company owner. The main function of nominee directors or shareholders is to maintain the anonymity of the real owner by taking their place in all public records relating to the company and non-governmental bodies.

Overview of nominee services

Nominee information

We will provide you with a copy of the nominee’s passport and proof of their address.

Power of attorney for nominee director (with apostille)

Your company’s rights will be protected under a power of attorney. This will certify that you have full control of the company and the nominee director only represents you. All actions made by the nominee director will be taken under this contract until it ends. Then all rights will revert back to you and the nominee can no longer act on your behalf.

Declaration of trust for nominee shareholder

If you appoint a nominee shareholder, you will need to protect your rights to your shares. Issuing a declaration of trust without any loopholes helps you to confirm your full ownership of your shares while the nominee represents you.

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How does nominee service work?

Step 1
Choose the services you need

Choose the services you need. Provide information of the company’s beneficial owner (a scanned copy of their passport and proof of their address).

Step 2
Pay for the services you have ordered.

Pay for the services you have ordered.

Step 3
provide the nominee’s Know Your Client (KYC) documents

We will appoint a nominee, and provide the nominee’s Know Your Client (KYC) documents (scanned copy of passport and proof of address), Declaration of Trust (DOT) and Power of Attorney (POA), if you need these. These documents can be Public Notary or Apostille base on your order.

Notes

  • Service fee is per annum/per appointment.
  • The service fee does not cover the fee for couriering the original copy of the POA or DOT to your residential address.
  • You can open a bank account for your company with the POA and/or DOT we provided.
  • An apostille is a certification and legalisation of documents by the government, normally the General Registry/Court of the local country.

Fee Schedule of Nominee Service

Services Service fee Description
Nominee shareholder US$ 899  
Nominee director US$ 899  
Power of attorney (POA) documents US$ 649 Nominee director’s signature only
Power of attorney with certification by public notary US$ 779 Certification by notary of detail documents of POA
Declaration of trust (DOT) US$ 649  
Declaration of trust (DOT) with certification by public notary US$ 779 Certification by notary of detail documents of DOT
Power of attorney (POA) with apostille documents US$ 899 Certification on documents by General Registry/Court
Courier fee US$ 150 Courier the original document to your residential address with express services (TNT or DHL)
Nominee Trustor US$ 1299  
Nominee Trustee US$ 1299  
Nominee Council US$ 1299  
Nominee Founder US$ 1299  

Notes:

  • Service fee is per annum/per appointment.
  • The service fee does not cover the fee for couriering the original copy of the POA or DOT to your residential address.
  • You can open a bank account for your company with the POA and/or DOT we provided.
  • Certification by pubic Notary or Apostille is required for nominee services in Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Singapore.
  • An apostille is a certification and legalisation of documents by the government, normally the General Registry/Court of the local country.
FAQs

FAQs

1. Can C corp have foreign shareholders in the US?

Yes, C corporations in the United States can have foreign shareholders. Unlike S corporations, which have strict limitations on the types of eligible shareholders (including restrictions against non-resident aliens), C corporations do not have restrictions on the nationality or residency status of their shareholders. This makes C corporations a popular choice for companies that seek investment from international sources. Here are a few key points:

  1. Ownership: C corporations can be owned by individuals, other corporations, LLCs, partnerships, trusts, and non-resident aliens without any restrictions on the number or type of shareholders.
  2. Global Investment: This flexibility allows C corporations to attract global investors more easily, as they can issue stock to investors of any nationality residing anywhere in the world.
  3. Tax Considerations: While foreign shareholders can own shares in a C corporation, they must consider U.S. tax implications, including the withholding tax on dividends paid to non-resident shareholders and potential estate tax liabilities.
  4. Reporting Requirements: C corporations with foreign shareholders may be subject to additional reporting requirements, such as filing Form 5472 if they engage in certain transactions with their foreign shareholders.

Overall, the ability of C corporations to have foreign shareholders is a significant advantage for those looking to operate on a global scale.

2. How can nominee directors mitigate these risks?

Nominee directors mitigate these risks through different methodologies and best practices. Here are a few key approaches:

  1. Clear Documentation and Ascension: Nominee directors ought to guarantee there are clear and nitty gritty understandings laying out their parts, obligations, and the limits of their specialist. This could offer assistance nominee directors mitigate risks related to mistaken assumptions or legitimate liabilities.
  2. Due Tirelessness: Conduct intensive due perseverance some time recently tolerating the position. This incorporates understanding the company's commerce, money related wellbeing, lawful commitments, and any potential risks. Nominee directors ought to moreover examine the notoriety and foundation of the company and its real proprietors.
  3. Proficient Counsel: Looking for proficient exhortation from legitimate, money related, and trade advisors can offer assistance nominee directors mitigate risks get it the complexities and legitimate suggestions of their part. Standard discussions with these experts can too help in exploring complex circumstances and guaranteeing compliance with lawful guidelines.
  4. Normal Checking and Detailing: Nominee directors ought to execute customary checking and announcing components to keep track of the company's exercises. This incorporates checking on monetary articulations, going to board gatherings, and remaining educated approximately the company's operations and compliance status.
  5. Protections: Getting Directors and Officers (D&O) protections can give budgetary security against individual misfortunes coming about from legitimate activities brought against the executives for affirmed wrongful acts in their capacity as executives.
  6. Lawful Compliance: Remaining side by side of and guaranteeing compliance with important laws and directions is crucial. This includes being commonplace with the corporate administration necessities within the ward where the company works and guaranteeing the company follows to these risks.
  7. Free Judgment: Nominee directors ought to work out autonomous judgment and not just act as a elastic stamp for the naming party. They should make choices within the best intrigued of the company and its partners, keeping up their judgment and objectivity.
  8. Strife of Intrigued: Overseeing và uncovering any potential clashes of intrigued is basic. Nominee directors ought to be straightforward approximately their relationship with the naming party and recuse themselves from choices where there may well be a strife of intrigued.
  9. Normal Preparing: Customary preparing and proficient improvement can offer assistance nominee directors mitigate risks remain overhauled on best practices in corporate administration, changes in enactment, and advancing risks within the commerce environment.
  10. Record Keeping: Keeping up intensive and exact records of all board gatherings, choices, and communications can offer assistance in protecting against any claims of wrongdoing or carelessness.
3. How can nominee directors help reduce risks for businesses?

Nominee directors can help reduce risks for businesses through a assortment of methodologies and best hones. Here are a few key ways they contribute to nominee director risk moderation:

  1. Clear Documentation and Understandings Nominee directors guarantee that there are clear and nitty gritty understandings sketching out their parts, duties, and limits of specialist. This makes a difference in maintaining a strategic distance from mistaken assumptions and legitimate liabilities.
  2. Due Diligence Some time recently tolerating the position, nominee directors conduct intensive due tirelessness. This incorporates understanding the company's trade, monetary wellbeing, lawful commitments, and potential risks. They too examine the notoriety and foundation of the company and its genuine proprietors.
  3. Professional Advice Looking for proficient exhortation from lawful, monetary, and commerce advisors can help reduce risks by understanding the complexities and lawful suggestions of their part. Customary interviews with these experts help in exploring complex circumstances and guaranteeing compliance with lawful guidelines.
  4. Regular Monitoring and Reporting Nominee directors execute standard checking and announcing components to keep track of the company's exercises. This incorporates investigating money related articulations, going to board gatherings, and remaining educated approximately the company's operations and compliance status.
  5. Insurance Getting Directors and Officers (D&O) protections gives monetary assurance against individual misfortunes coming about from lawful activities brought against the chiefs for charged wrongful acts in their capacity as chiefs.
  6. Legal Compliance Nominee directors remain side by side of and guarantee compliance with significant laws and controls. This includes being commonplace with corporate administration prerequisites within the ward where the company works and guaranteeing the company follows to these measures.
  7. Independent Judgment Nominee directors exercise independent judgment and don't just act as a elastic stamp for the designating party. They make choices within the best intrigued of the company and its partners, keeping up their judgment and objectivity.
  8. Conflict of Interest Management Overseeing and uncovering any potential clashes of intrigued is fundamental. Nominee directors ought to be straightforward almost their relationship with the designating party and recuse themselves from choices where there may be a struggle of intrigued.
  9. Regular Training Normal preparing and professional development help reduce risks by helping nominee directors remain overhauled on best hones in corporate administration, changes in enactment, and advancing risks within the commerce environment.
  10. Record Keeping Keeping up careful and exact records of all board gatherings, choices, and communications makes a difference protect against any claims of wrongdoing or carelessness.

By executing these techniques, nominee directors can help reduce risks for businesses and bolster the monetary wellbeing and administrative compliance of the businesses they serve.

4. What is the purpose of a nominee shareholder?

A nominee shareholder could be a individual or substance enlisted as the holder of offers on sake of the genuine proprietor, who remains mysterious. The purpose of a nominee shareholder is to supply protection and confidentiality to the real useful proprietor of the offers. Here are the most reasons and the purpose for employing a nominee shareholder:

  1. Security and Privacy The foremost common reason for designating a nominee shareholder is to ensure the protection of the real shareholder. In numerous wards, shareholder data is freely available. Employing a nominee makes a difference keep the personality of the genuine proprietor private.
  2. Resource Security Nominee shareholders can be utilized as portion of a methodology to ensure resources. By holding offers through a nominee, the real proprietor can make a layer of partition between themselves and their resources, which can be advantageous in legal disputes or claims.
  3. Encouraging Smooth Exchanges In a few cases, nominee shareholders can offer assistance encourage smoother exchanges. For occasion, in circumstances where offers have to be be exchanged rapidly or where numerous exchanges are taking put at the same time, a nominee can act on sake of the real proprietor to assist the process.
  4. Assess Arranging and Optimization Nominee shareholders can be portion of charge arranging procedures. By organizing possession through nominees, advantageous proprietors can be able to take advantage of charge arrangements or other tax planning openings.
  5. Regulatory Compliance In a few locales, remote people or substances may confront restrictions on owning offers straightforwardly in neighborhood companies. Utilizing a nominee shareholder can offer assistance explore these administrative challenges whereas still permitting useful proprietorship.
  6. Succession Planning Nominee shareholders can moreover be utilized in progression arranging. They can hold offers on sake of minors or as portion of a believe course of action, guaranteeing a smooth move of possession in case of the genuine owner's passing or inadequacy.

How It Works Nominee shareholders regularly enter into a statement of believe or comparative ascension with the real proprietor, laying out the terms of the course of action and affirming that the nominee holds the offers on behalf of the advantageous owner. This agreement makes a difference secure the interface of the real proprietor whereas guaranteeing that the nominee cannot claim proprietorship of the offers.

5. What is a nominee director?

To bring the customers the various prime services needed to successfully operate the business, as the service option, Offshore Company Corp will be customers’ representative under nominee director. As the benefits of nominee director service, the director’s individual information will be kept private and totally confidential. All of the company’ upcoming contracts or documents will show up the name of nominee director 

Moreover, nominee director will be assigned to sign on all of the corporate contracts and partner agreements. It is committed that the nominee will not do any obligations without customers’ request and allowance. With long-term experience, we know what clients expect from our service. Therefore, we always do our job in prestige and professinal manner.

6. What and why you use Nominee Shareholder / Director services?

A nominee shareholder is a non-beneficiary role whereby a person or corporate body is appointed to act on behalf of the true shareholder in a name-only capacity. In most cases, a nominee service will be used when a LLC shareholder wishes to remain anonymous and keep their details off the public register.

A nominee director is a person or corporate body appointed to act in a non-executive capacity on behalf of another person or corporate body.

Read more: What is the difference between a shareholder and a director?

The primary purpose is to protect the identity of the true company director; therefore, the role of a nominee is in ‘name only’ and their details will appear on public record in place of the real officer’s details. Nominees are given no executive ‘hands-on’ duties but they are often required to sign certain internal documents on behalf of the true director or secretary. 

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7. Any risk to me if I use nominee director and shareholder services?

No at all, nominee non-beneficiary, non-executive and just name only on paperwork. You are still Beneficial Owner of your company bank account, we have Nominee Agreement have term and condition detail and give to you Power of Attorney which allow you full right with your company.

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8. What is a nominee shareholder?

Nominee shareholder is appointed in order to shield the real owner of the company from being publicly associated with the ownership of that company.

Upon appointment of a nominee shareholder, a nominee service agreement (declaration of trust) will be signed between you and the nominee.

Nominee shareholders provided by Offshore Company Corp work to the highest level of integrity and confidentiality.

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