Don't settle for an immature asset protection package.  An offshore corporation and foundation by themselves will not do a good job.  Sadly most companies and law firms providing offshore asset protection services fail to understand that a good asset protection structure requires attention to detail when it is being setup if it is going to be effective.  A good asset protection package will give you advanced warning before any of your money or assets are at risk.

Advanced Warning of an Attack on Your Assets

Each layer of an asset protection structure should provide both warning if an attack is underway and protection.  The outer layers of a good structure are designed to provide a warning signal, without allowing the attacker to gain access to any of your assets.  The outer layers should provide at least 1 to 3 months protection, giving you ample time to make any changes to the location of your assets, long before the attacker gets through the outer layer.

Avoiding a Frozen Bank Account: Immature Asset Protection Structures do not give Advance Warning !

The outer layer should provide protection, WITHOUT requiring you to provide a legal defence.  A simple foundation owning a corporation package that most law firms provide does NOT meet this requirement.  If your first layer is an offshore corporation, you will learn about the attack FAR TOO LATE.  Typically, when a lawsuit is filed with a Panama court, or worse, the attacking entity provides false evidence to a Panama court without your knowledge, that shows your corporation has been involved in money laundering.  Foreign governments often try to change a tax related case into a money laundering case because they know Panama is not interested in hearing about foreign tax cases.  In these situations, by the time you realize you are under attack, your assets are already at risk of being frozen!  This is a sign of an immature asset protection structure.  Now you are faced with a large legal bill to defend your assets with no guarantee of success.  In our books, this is not asset protection at all.  It is a self made trap setup by unknowledgeable lawyers who do not really understand asset protection.  Avoid law firms that try to sell you a simple corporation and foundation as an asset protection package.  We provide our clients with several sophisticated asset protection structures that provide early warning.

Traceability of an Asset Protection Structure 

A good asset protection structure has multiple layers that are difficult or even impossible to connect to each other.  An attacker, even after overcoming an outer layer, should not be able to easily move on to the next layer.