Korten Consulting Ltd is not a licensed management company or fiduciary service provider in any jurisdiction. Accordingly, we do not as principle form companies or offer trustee services. Instead, these services are provided through our established network of trusted service providers in the jurisdiction of Mauritius, Seychelles, BVI, Hong Kong, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Dubai, Cyprus, UK, USA, Barbados and the Cayman Islands. We are able to project manage and facilitate the establishment of legal vehicles, including-
For South African and Mauritian resident clients we can-
The tax laws of South Africa, as well as the tax residency criteria in most international Double Taxation Agreements require that a Mauritian company be legally tax resident in Mauritius, which requires its “place of effective management” to be in Mauritius. This means that a Mauritian company would be expected to have Mauritian resident directors with the requisite knowledge, skill, experience and qualifications to actively participate on an executive level regarding the high level legal, commercial and technical affairs that relates to the business of a Mauritian company.
Korten Consulting Ltd, with its access to various qualified attorneys, accountants and technical specialists that are either resident individuals in Mauritius, or spend material amount of time in Mauritius, are able to offer-
For clients interested in conservative passive investment structures offshore, we can-
Having regard to the risk of offshore trusts being attacked as being resident in the jurisdiction where their settlors are resident, the role of a “Protector” to an offshore trust is becoming more important to ensure that the settlors and beneficiaries of offshore trusts do not unduly influence the foreign resident trustees. In addition to addressing such tax risks, our Protector service also offers clients more protection and confidence given the powers of trustees that control the trust assets. By virtue of our legal, tax and commercial risk management knowledge, we offer the services of-