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Mission and principles
BRIDGES — comprehensive support forfamily, business and capital
BRIDGES handles citizenship and second passport, residence and permanent residence, international real estate, banking, tax, business, investment and capital structuring.
We look at the client situation as a whole and build solutions so that they work together — today and in the years that follow.
For the client these questions are usually connected. A second citizenship or an additional residence permit can become part of a family plan B. Relocation affects tax residency and banking relationships. Buying property requires verification of the asset and the right ownership structure. International business means companies, accounts and decisions for the owner and the family.
Work can start with a single request: a second citizenship, a residence permit, a bank account, a property or a company. Our task is to anticipate the related questions in advance, so that solving one of them does not create a problem elsewhere.
Our role
Work with a client does not end with one service
BRIDGES can start with a specific task: obtain a second citizenship, arrange residence or permanent residence, open a bank account, register a company, acquire property or complete an investment transaction.
Then the next questions appear: keeping the status, taxes, banking, the ownership structure of assets, education of children, new property, business, inheritance or an additional jurisdiction for the family.
We keep the history of the work and take earlier decisions into account in every following project.
The client does not have to assemble a new team and explain the situation from scratch when the next task appears.
Family, business, real estate and capital can be located in different countries. BRIDGES connects these tasks through one team.
BRIDGES today
What we resolve for clients today
Second citizenship through investment, family, economic and other grounds provided by law. Preliminary assessment, preparation of the file and support of the family through to completion.
Investment programmes and statuses for financially independent individuals, entrepreneurs, specialists and families. The ground is chosen with the client future plans in mind.
Opening personal and corporate accounts, banking compliance, Source of Funds / Source of Wealth and preparation of the financial file.
Incorporation and redomiciliation of companies, corporate structures, bank accounts, relocation of owners and operating infrastructure.
Search, verification, acquisition and sale of residential and commercial property, ownership structuring and transaction support.
Analysis of the consequences of relocation, change of tax position and coordination of decisions across several jurisdictions.
Verification of individuals, companies, beneficial owners, real estate, counterparties and investment projects.
Statuses of family members, ownership of assets, education of children, succession planning and transfer of capital.
Sanctions, banking, corporate, country and reputational risks.
A client can come to BRIDGES with one task. The team has to see the whole picture around it.
Group development
BRIDGES expands the options available to existing clients
We develop the directions that logically continue the work already being done: real estate, investment, asset management, risk assessment and our own digital infrastructure.
- 01BRIDGES PROPERTY
An international platform of verified residential and investment property. Direct relationships with developers, legal review of projects and support of the acquisition.
- 02BRIDGES DEVELOPMENT
Acquisition of land and buildings, reconstruction, development and creation of investment projects across jurisdictions.
- 03Private Risk Advisory
Comprehensive assessment of the risks of the family, the business, partners, assets and the international structure of the client.
- 04Asset & Legacy Structuring
Structuring the ownership of capital and real estate, succession and transfer of assets to the next generation.
- 05BRIDGES Freedom OS
A secure digital space for documents, statuses, companies, banks, real estate, tasks and interaction with the BRIDGES team.
The development of BRIDGES follows the questions that arise as the family, the business and the capital of the client grow.
How we make decisions
First we verify. Then we recommend.
Before proposing a citizenship, a residence permit, a country, a bank, a property, a company or an investment structure, we assess the starting position of the client, the constraints and the possible consequences.
- 01Citizenship and residency
We check the grounds, the requirements of the programme, the composition of the family, the history of the applicant and the factors that can affect the procedure.
- 02Banking
We assess the client profile, the origin of funds, the structure of the business and the requirements of the particular financial institution.
- 03Tax
We check the consequences of relocation, of holding assets and of a change of tax residency.
- 04Real estate
We check the property, the seller or developer, the title, the contracts and the structure of the transaction.
- 05Business
We analyse the jurisdiction, the structure of the company, the banking infrastructure and the consequences for the owner.
- 06Investment
We check the asset, the counterparty, the documents, the ownership structure and the exit terms.
- 07Risk
We take into account sanctions, banking, corporate, country and reputational factors.
We recommend a solution based on the task of the client, not on which programme is easier to arrange.
BRIDGES Freedom OS
The whole international structure of the client — in one space
We are building a secure digital environment in which the client will be able to see:
citizenships and residence permits · documents · companies · banks · real estate · tax · assets · family · risks · current projects
And to understand:
what is completed · what is in progress · what needs attention · what the next action will be
One workspace. One team. One current picture across all directions.
Long-term support
The next task has to take account of earlier decisions
Today the client obtains a second citizenship or a residence permit.
Then a bank account, a company, a property or a change of tax residency may be needed.
A few years later questions arise about education of children, investment, succession, transfer of the business or the structure of assets.
BRIDGES keeps the history of previous projects and takes it into account when the next decisions are made.
We do not start again from zero after every completed project.
BRIDGES principles
Six rules of our work
- 01The client interest comes before the product
We do not recommend a programme merely because we are able to arrange it. The solution has to match the real task of the client.
- 02Verification before action
Legal, banking, financial and compliance risks have to be identified before material costs and irreversible decisions.
- 03Solutions have to work together
Citizenship, residency, tax, banking, business and the structure of assets must not contradict each other.
- 04The client understands the process
Before the start and during the project we explain the stages, the timing, the costs, the risks and the responsibility of each side.
- 05Confidentiality by default
Client information is disclosed only to the extent required to carry out the particular task.
- 06Responsibility does not end with the transaction
After a passport, a status, an account or a completed transaction, BRIDGES can continue to support the related questions of the client.
Responsibility
BRIDGES is fully responsible for its part of the project
BRIDGES is responsible for
- analysis of the situation
- structure of the project
- preparation of documents
- the work of the team
- coordination of specialists
- our own deadlines
- communication
- identification of material risks
Decisions on citizenship, residency, banking services and other regulated matters are taken by the relevant state authorities, banks, courts and regulators.
We do not replace the powers of independent authorities. We are responsible for the quality of preparation and support of the project on our side.
BRIDGES always stays alongside the client — however the tasks change
Citizenship · residency · family · banking · business · real estate · capital
One point of coordination
One BRIDGES team for the whole task
A single project can simultaneously involve immigration lawyers, tax advisers, banks, notaries, auditors, real estate specialists, compliance experts and local attorneys in several countries.
The client does not need to find and coordinate each participant personally.
BRIDGES assembles the team, allocates the areas of responsibility and runs the project through one point of coordination.
INITIAL ASSESSMENT
Tell us what outcome your family needs
We will design a solution for your case, choose the country and the right status, and take the whole process through to the result.
