As you expand your business, you may find that you need additional personnel. For example, you may need a professional director to enhance your management team, or you may not currently have a director and your jurisdiction requires someone to perform director duties.

We can appoint an experienced manager with specific industry knowledge to act as an individual director of your company. They will be responsible for day-to-day management and ensuring your company complies with local rules and regulations. If you need skilled staff, we can also hire staff for different periods on a contract basis.

In a bid to boost the return potential of investment portfolios, strategies and structures have grown increasingly complex. But as the opportunities around funds and other vehicles expand, so do the risks, and it becomes more challenging to track, record and report their activities. As such, it’s all too easy to get bogged down in the nitty-gritty of financial records and reporting, when your attention really needs to be elsewhere.

But what if you had a partner who could do all that for you? Someone trusted to look after the numbers behind your various interests in the long-term – who was also utterly committed to scrupulousness in the details?

We can prepare reports, financial statements and NAV calculation for private equity funds, real estate funds and hedge funds;–as well as accounts for trusts and foundations – according to the most stringent global and local standards. We also offer services around more traditional entities, including bookkeeping, management accounting and the management and administration of Special Purpose Vehicles.

By supplying the financial tools, transparency and reporting you need to manage complex and diversified portfolios, we take away all the burden of administration and reporting. Leaving you free to focus on the work that matters.

Governance, Risk& Compliance

Statutory Compliance

In a constantly shifting compliance landscape, there’s absolutely no room for error. You need the reassurance that you are in safe hands, so you’re not distracted from the business of realising opportunities as they arise.

At Vistra, we understand what it means to be meticulous and detailed and we offer a full suite of Statutory Compliance services across three key areas.

Accounts

We execute consistently to meet the highest client expectations. And we take a holistic view of what’s happening at both the macro and local level, which is even more important in the modern accounting landscape.

From accounts to financial reporting, we ensure that your records, statements and reports adhere both to local standards and to the necessary global formats. We provide local statutory audit services in a number of jurisdictions, and can refer a trusted local partner if required.

Registers

We offer corporate administrative services in every jurisdiction we operate in – ensuring your company registers and records remain compliant with local statutes.

Our services cover a range of legal requirements: company secretarial; statutory document maintenance; and annual renewal services. We also offer an international round-the-clock process agent service for handling and forwarding legal papers. Our Registers services are fast, professional and discreet, and give you the time, space and peace of mind to make your most important decisions faster and with greater certainty.

Taxation

Filing taxes and dealing with tax authorities can be a complex and frustrating process – especially when dealing with taxes overseas. The need to understand local rules and procedures, and the language, can make things difficult even for organisations with in-house specialists. And when mistakes can lead to legal repercussions and costly penalties, you need specialist support.

With our global network and local expertise, our specialist Taxation team is equipped and empowered to manage the essentials and reduce your exposure to that risk. We offer the preparation and filing of direct and indirect tax returns, including the calculation of tax liabilities. We can act as Partnership Representative to navigate the complexities of the US Audit Partnership regulations. We also offer support in dispute resolution, and full assistance in the procedural aspects of managing audits, compliance checks or other formal enquiries. 

Payments & Payroll

The flow of cash is fundamental to any operation. It’s also incredibly complex at the best of times. Factor in operating across borders, and things can become very messy, very quickly.

At Vistra, we have the global expertise and local knowledge to offer a holistic solution in all areas concerning the making and receiving of payments. We can help you set up bank accounts, which can be a time-consuming process, especially overseas. We can support in accounts payable and accounts receivable, taking all the strain of vendor relationships and ensuring your customers are correctly invoiced and their payments received and reconciled quickly.

And we'll make sure your payroll systems are robust and compliant with local laws - managing payroll on an international scale requires a tremendous amount of knowledge along with experience in each jurisdiction. It can be complicated and difficult for organisations to get right. Our global payroll service eliminates that complexity.

As your operations expand to take in opportunities in multiple countries, you get the added headache of having to navigate local currencies and banking regulations. We’ll keep you ahead of local laws and regulations. And we’ll manage your international payments in the simplest possible way, so you don’t get caught up in foreign exchange rates or the quirks of unfamiliar banking systems.

Our solutions suit any locality, and can be tailored to suit any need, large or small.

Regulatory Compliance

Enhanced Due Diligence

We can provide access to a global network of data for enhanced due diligence, helping you to minimise the risk of doing business, anywhere in the world.

Registry searches

We can conduct registry searches in most jurisdictions, to obtain registry extracts and copies of the latest accounts, together with any adverse information that may be held. We can also provide copies of filed documents where they're available.

Know Your Client (KYC) Reports

Our comprehensive KYC reports provide detailed information on companies, including registration information, operating address and contact details, individuals behind the company, company activities, operational figures and financial information, ownership, credit rating, and potentially exposed persons (PEPs) and sanctions.

These reports are available through our online platform, which provides instant access to companies in 31 European countries. Information on companies in more than 200 other countries is available by contacting a member of our team of search specialists.

Global Monitoring

Our Global Monitoring service is designed for professional organisations to automatically monitor business clients for PEPs, sanctions and adverse financial media, with daily email alerts.

Our enhanced monitoring covers changes in companies' credit scores, court judgment filings and other adverse data, along with alerts for filing of critical legal documents.

Company Data API

All of our company data is also available via an advanced program interface, giving you the freedom to integrate it into your own applications to ensure they are always up to date. This gives you accurate information on the companies you encounter, enabling you to assess business risks and opportunities, monitor your marketplace and make smarter business decisions.

Technology & Intellectual Property

If you’re running a technology business, your most valuable and prominent assets will involve technology commercialised through your intellectual property (IP). Businesses benefit from a clear IP strategy to help ensure that IP is identified, protected and commercialised to ensure a return on your investment and to maintain your competitive edge.

Our team of technology and IP specialists work together to deliver our multi-jurisdictional technical expertise by advising on appropriate protections of IP, by supporting transactional due diligence on specific technologies and by drafting IP agreements, including licences. We also regularly draft and negotiate IP, hardware and software licences and Software as a Service (SaaS) agreements for start-ups to multi-national tech businesses.

From a data protection standpoint, we will work together with you to develop a GDPR compliance framework which has appropriate technical and organisational measures in place. We aim to provide you with the highest-quality advice and practical solutions to support your business and cyber security needs.  

We can also train your internal teams on legal and regulatory compliance issues such as privacy laws, information security and data ethics, to ensure your intangible assets are protected and delivering you concrete value.

So if you’re a technology company looking to create a suite of SaaS contracts, or a large corporate group needing a strategy around data, IP and compliance, we can help. The same goes if you need support with data-related issues, such as usage rights and compliance.