Our Services
Optigma HK Ltd can help you incorporate Companies in Hong Kong and other world’s leading business jurisdictions. We provide a "one-stop service" for our clients around the world, all backed up by our staffs' decades of experiences in global business and corporate services, which is led by the Chartered Secretary.
Our service specialists provide a comprehensive range of services including:
1. Company Formation
2. Corporate Secretarial (such as shares transfer, change of Directors, change of Company name)
3. Bank Account Management (such as Bank Account Opening and authorised signatory)
5. Other services
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Company Formation - Hong Kong and other offshore jurisdictions - Optigma HK Ltd can help you to incorporate companies in Hong Kong or other offshore jurisdictions such as British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Seychelles, etc.
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Our specialists can advise you:
1. Appropriate business entity and corporate structure
2. Requirement for incorporation of the business entity, as required by Hong Kong legislation and other regulatory regimes
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There are 2 ways to incorporate a limited company in Hong Kong, either by:
1. Setting up a tailor-made new company;
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2. Purchasing a ready-made company (or named shelf company).
For setting up a tailor-made new company, you can use your preferred name for incorporation. The Company can be incorporated in 5 working days after we received the signed documents from the Director(s) and Shareholder(s).
The procedure for setting up a tailor-made new company:
1. Client provides the required documents and information to us for incorporation;
2. We guarantee we can prepare the incorporation documents in ONE working day;
3. Director(s) and Shareholder(s) sign the incorporation documents in our office or return the original signed documents to our office;
4. The Companies can be incorporated in 5 working days after we received the signed documents.
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The main services offered are:
Documents and Service Provided:
1. Company Name Search;
2. Preparation of the Incorporation Documents;
3. Green Box (Your company name will be printed on it)
4. Statutory Book
5. Certificate of Incorporation
6. 10 printed copies of Articles of Association
7. Business Registration Certificate
8. Share Certificates Book (10 pages)
9. One Common Seal
10. One Company pre-ink circular chop (22mm); and
11. One Company pre-ink cheque chop / Signature Chop.
Requirements for Incorporation of the Hong Kong Company:
1. One Director
2. One Shareholder
3. One Company Secretary
4. Registered Office Address in Hong Kong
Please click here for key facts of the HK Company.
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2. Offshore Company Formation
Some countries and regions (such as BVI, Seychelles, and Cayman Island) maintain a lenient tax regime as an incentive for worldwide investors or business owners to establish their investment flagship or business (known as offshore companies).
These Offshore companies are not subject to any profit tax in general or tax declaration, and the shareholders' information, shareholding percentage and revenue status are entitled to the highest level of confidentiality.
They are eligible to open bank accounts and enjoy subsequently financial services at most of the international banks. Dependent on the prevailing policies, there are cases that these overseas companies are listed in a third country or region.
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The investor may be interested in setting up an offshore Company for the following reasons:
Minimize Taxes - Registering an offshore company can legally minimise the tax obligations of a business and this is often the primary reason for incorporating a business offshore. Non-resident companies are often tax exempt or enjoy low levels of taxation depending upon the country.
Confidentiality - Non-resident companies, in some countries, are not required to publish financial information or the details of directors and shareholders. Most offshore financial jurisdictions will not reveal any of this information to any third party unless criminal or terrorist activities are suspected.
Reduced Administration - The legal obligations of any directors or officers of an offshore company are often much less. The need for accounting, other staff or a physical office can also be overcome with cost-effective virtual office services – saving time and money.
Asset protection - For those with international business interests, an offshore company can be valuable as a vehicle for holding assets such as intellectual property or real estate investments.
Lower Set Up and Maintenance Costs - Even with increasing anti-money-laundering measures being applied and enforced to block funding for terrorism and prevent the proceeds of criminal activities from being hidden, the process of setting up an offshore company can be relatively fast and simple. This can translate into lower costs in both the establishment and maintenance of an offshore company.
Lower Capital Requirement - Registering an offshore company will require minimal capital, usually less than what is required for an onshore registration. In certain jurisdictions, there is in fact no capital needed for registration.
The common uses of offshore Company for activities which are not tied to a specific geographic location. This may include brokerage in commodities and goods, intangible e-commerce activities or intellectual property administration.
They are also often used as holding companies or as asset protection or investment vehicles for their owners, because of their simplicity of administration, as in vast majority of jurisdictions it is not required to file annual reports or accounts.
Before setting up an offshore Investors should :
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seek tax and legal advice
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Understand both domestic and international regulations that will apply to you and your country
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Work with professionally service provider who have experience with the offshore market, such as Optigma HK Ltd
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British Virgin Islands (BVI) – Business Company
The Virgin Islands, commonly known as the British Virgin Islands (BVI), is a British overseas territory located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago; the remaining islands constitute the US Virgin Islands and the Spanish Virgin Islands.
The official name of the Territory is still simply the "Virgin Islands", but the prefix "British" is often used to distinguish it from the neighbouring American territory which changed its name from the "Danish West Indies" to "Virgin Islands of the United States" in 1917. British Virgin Islands government publications continue to begin with the name "The Territory of the Virgin Islands", and the Territory's passports simply refer to the "Virgin Islands", and all laws begin with the words "Virgin Islands". Moreover, the Territory's Constitutional Commission has expressed the view that "every effort should be made", to encourage the use of the name "Virgin Islands".
The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke, along with over fifty other smaller islands and cays. About 15 of the islands are inhabited. The capital, Road Town, is situated on Tortola, the largest island, which is approximately 20 km long and 5 km wide. The islands have a population of about 27,800, of whom approximately 23,000 live on Tortola.
British Virgin Islanders are classed as British Overseas Territories citizens and since 2002 have had full British citizenship. Although the territory is not part of the European Union and not directly subject to EU law, its citizens are deemed to be citizens of the EU as well.
British Virgin Islands (BVI) IBC - an International Business Company - is the most commonly used official name for what is more popularly known as an "offshore company". IBC's are the basic building blocks of the offshore financial services industry.
Since the adoption of the British Virgin Islands International Business Companies Ordinance in 1984, the BVI IBC has attained a model status in the offshore services industry. BVI is by far the most popular offshore tax haven. Such is the dominance of the British Virgin Islands as an offshore corporate domicile, that in many regions of the Far East International Business Companies are called simply as "BVI's".
In January 1, 2005 a brand-new version of the BVI Business Companies Act came into force. The new Act represents a further development in the already outstanding BVI offshore corporate legislation. The new law successfully addresses the challenges faced by the offshore financial industry in the 21st century, in particular the pressures against 'illegal discrimination' between domestic and offshore companies. Thus the new BVI Business Companies Act removes any former distinction between a local company (operating in the domestic market) and an offshore company (restricted only to international business). According to the new Act, there is now only one, unified type of company - a BVI Business Company, which continues to be exempt from tax and continues to enjoy all the substantial benefits afforded by the previous legislation.
Seychelles - International Business Company
Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is a 155-island country (as per the Constitution) spanning an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, whose capital, Victoria, lies some 1,500 kilometers east of mainland Southeast Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar.
Other nearby island countries and territories include Zanzibar to the west, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Agaléga and Réunion to the south, and Comoros and Mayotte to the southwest. Seychelles, with a population of 90,024, has the smallest population of any African state. It has the highest Human Development Index in Africa and the highest income inequality in the world, as measured by the Gini index. Seychelles is a member of the African Union.
Seychelles IBC - an International Business Company - is the most popular and versatile type of offshore corporation available in Seychelles. As most other classic offshore companies, Seychelles IBC is a tax-free corporation designed to engage into all types of international business. Being an IBC, it is subject to minimum red-tape. While being obliged to keep internal records and registries in good order, a Seychelles IBC does not nave to submit any financial reports to public file. There is also no mandatory audit requirement.
Seychelles IBC is similar to the most popular international business company, the BVI IBC, and in some respects even exceeds that benchmark model of offshore corporation.
3. Corporate Secretarial
According to the Companies Ordinance, the Hong Kong Company should have one secretary who is a Hong Kong resident or a body corporate having its registered office or place of business in Hong Kong. The sole Director of a private Company cannot be appointed also as the secretary of the Company. The Secretary is an officer of the Company and therefore liable to penalties in that capacity if he omits to carry out his duties as imposed by the Ordinance. It should be responsible for ensuring compliance with Companies Ordinance.
We can also provide the following corporate secretarial services, and additional fee will be charged:
1. Change of Director (Appointment / Resignation / Removal / Personal Particular)
2. Change of Secretary
3. Change of Company Name
4. Change of Articles of Association
5. Transfer of Shares / Shares Transfer / Change of Shareholder
6. Increase of Authorized Share Capital
7. Allotment of Shares
8. Dissolution of a Company (Deregistration / Winding Up)
9. Prepare the Minutes or Resolutions
10. Bank Account Opening
11. Arrange the documents to be certified by Certified Public Accountants
12. Arrange the documents to be certified by Notary Public (For International Use)
13. Arrange the documents to be apostilled by the High Court of Hong Kong (For International Use)
14. Arrange the documents to be legalized by the Consulate (For International Use)