1. All of the corporations, trusts, and foundations are legal and authorized in the countries that offer them and it is not against any law that exists in your local country to have one of these unless you live in a dictatorship. All the large multinational companies use these types of entities.

2. It is important to understand that you have thousands of choices on where to deposit the funds. Many off shore banks are better capitalized than the banks in your local area and many are not. You also have the options of using Wall Street Investment Banks to deposit your funds with if you do so in the name of you new entity in their off shore locations. Your local broker is almost never aware of this and you should never discuss this with him if he resides in your local country. If you decide to take this option, have the administrator of your new entity do this with a different broker. Wall Street Investment Banks are not good places to discuss this with since they are worried about very strict government regulations that they must meet different than yours. You can just get on an airplane and go to a foreign bank and deposit your funds. In the tax havens your assets will be safe from the Tax Authorities in your local country but you are not protected against other claims such as malpractice, divorce, other personal and business claims.

3. There are thousands of companies and lawyers that offer some or all of the necessary off shore services.
However we advise you that your local attorney or accountant is one of the most dangerous places for you the get this advice. First do not deal with anyone in your local area, because no matter what, they may tell someone under threat or just because they get mad with you in the future. Secret is Secret and it is best for you never to have the risk of a personal involvement with your advisor if he is in the same country as you. Second and most important is that the foreign experts know more about the laws and methods of protecting your assets than someone in you own area. Third if they give references of other clients that they have done this work for stay away from them like you would a rattlesnake.

4. You should only move assets that you will not need day to day and seek to protect for your long term future, although there are many ways to use the assets, but the one thing you do no want to do is bring them back under pressure---personal financial problems or otherwise. Our advice is never moving more assets off shore than makes sense. You can always add to them in the future.

5. We have seen that once the assets are off shore, that some people take more risk with the assets than is practical. We believe for most people that off shore assets should be looked at as safe money and it is more important to have them ready in case of need than stretching to earn a higher return. Of course for certain sized portfolios this may not apply.

6. The big question that most people have to ask is what happens if I want to start living on the off shore funds once my retirement starts or they feel the risks of lawsuits no longer exits. WE ADVISE YOU TO ALWAYS DECLARE THE TAX OBLIGATION IN YOUR LOCAL COUNTRY SO IF YOU DECIDE TO BRING THE FUNDS BACK THE ENTIRE TAX OBLIGATION HAS BEEN PAID AND THERE IS NO PROBLEM.
There are ways to legally avoid taxation on these funds but that is something that takes a lot of planning. If the worst of your fears come to pass, there are many countries where you can find happiness and security in which to live and spend your funds. There are also credit card privileges available off shore so that you can use a credit card to gain access to the funds.

7. The countries that provide the best protection are many and varied. What we are able to help you with is the establishment of a plan that takes advantage of your own personal needs. The most important thing in our opinion is having the off shore corporation, trust, or foundation in one country and the funds in another country so that there is no cross connection.

8. No matter what, if you have substantial assets and are a decent honest person who works hard there are a million lawyers out there who are looking for clients to sue you for a valid reason or not. Ask yourself if you would feel good if your wife goes to court tomorrow and asks for all your funds and alimony or your client that you did your best work for sues you for damages or your teenager just killed someone in as accident or your insurance company will not honor your policy in your business. We know that there is at least a 50% chance that you will be involved in a divorce. We have seen over and over businessmen come to us with stories that make you shake your head with disbelief about the dangers of the court system.

For example the landlord being sued because a lawyer obtained a client whose children are not doing well in school and claims the reason is they ate lead paint in the building ten years ago before the present landlord owned the building. How do you defend yourself against the claim in this since the lawyers see their work like the lottery? If they file enough of these they are going to win some. What if the unlucky one is you?