We believe that a contract is primarily meant to identify, assess, allocate and manage the risks of a business transaction, whether it is a single business deal, an ongoing relationship, or a joint venture. They should be written to be a perfect fit to your requirements. RMCA Consulting has built an enviable reputation for assisting corporations and entrepreneurs inside and outside the EU, and making the legal side of their business safe and transparent.

The result should be sustainable profit for you. Proper documentation is an essential part of making and keeping your company profitable. However, it is not a goal in itself.

We do this for instance by creating general conditions of sale for your company, drafting or reviewing contracts, performing the necessary due diligence with regard to business deals.

Once you enter into a business transaction, or a new company structure, you are assuming obligations and you are acquiring rights. In other words, you take risks, hoping that you will have a proper turnover and a nice profit. In the words "risk" and "profit" you will recognise that you have to find a balance between the upsides and the downsides of doing business. We call this the pursuit of a sensible risk-reward ratio. The other side of the deal does exactly the same thing: so both have to be very serious about it.

Larger companies often hire an in-house counsel, someone to attend the legal issues on a daily basis. Still they might need an attorney or advocate when the going gets rough. Small and medium sized companies save money on not hiring in-house capacity and then seek legal advice when it is (almost) too late.

It is impossible to be safe always and your business partner may take you to court anyway if he does not understand the situation properly. But prevention is definitely better than curing.

RMCA is offering you that in-house assistance as an outside provider, with a view on enabling your business to work with a clear view on what documentation is needed, when you have to act on defaults or wrongful acts of others and how to manage and monitor your contracts. If and when necessary, we will work closely with your experts on your premises.

It is often very attractive to do business using a Cypriot or off-shore company. RMCA can assist you in finding the right structure with the right provider. We are positive about opportunities, but also very critical about what there is on offer. In general we believe that there is only sense in creating a special company structure for tax reasons, if you envisage a profit of € 75.000 per year, during at least a few years. There are exceptions but all the hassle and paperwork is only justified, when it helps you optimise a real profit. There is little sense in setting up something complex just to earn a few extra Euros.

We can also assist you in finding the right tax advisor. The differences in fees can be considerable and it is better to choose one made to measure than to just go for the famous and expensive, however good they may be.
Further to this advice, we can act as Company Director for you.

These wonderful buzzwords are not there to prevent you from doing business. They are there to help you identify, assess, allocate and manage risks. Compliance is to make visible to outsiders that you take your business seriously. Apart from the obvious reasons to be careful - money laundering, anti-terrorism etc - it is all part of the equation: which risks will I assume and what can I gain by it. Especially when doing larger transactions, you want to:

" be sure to deal with the right company represented by the right person
" understand their terms and conditions, their way of doing business.

Some deals are complicated because it is inevitable to do it simple: transaction partners from different countries, applicability of different legal systems etc. But sometimes it is just plain humbug. One of the parties in the transaction is careless or even fraudulent.

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