A company network with a management company: one structure across several countries
When trading companies operate in two or more countries, it makes sense to consolidate management, marketing, logistics, and accounting into one management company.
Who it's for
- Sellers with companies in two or more countries in the region.
- Sellers whose management functions are already duplicated in every country.
How it works
We review the current structure
Which companies exist, where the people sit, and where profit is generated.
We open the management company
Uruguay or Paraguay — chosen based on the mix of operations and the double taxation treaties in place.
We move the functions across
Management, marketing, logistics, and accounting move to the management company.
We set up intercompany settlements
The trading companies pay the management company for services under contracts. The trading companies keep the operations.
We provide ongoing support
Reporting and document flow between the companies in the group.
What you get
- The management team in one place instead of spread across countries.
- Unified reporting across the whole group.
What it costs
We quote it individually: the price depends on the number of companies, the countries involved, and the scope of functions being moved.
Taxes: each company in the group pays tax in its own country; the management company pays in its country of registration. If the owners are Russian tax residents, CFC obligations arise in respect of the group's companies (Articles 25.13–25.15 of the Russian Tax Code).
The structure is built on real functions: people work in the management company, and the group's companies sign service contracts with each other.
Frequently asked questions
At what turnover does this make sense?
Isn't this a grey scheme?
Other schemes
Partnership
Your own company
Subsidiary
Let us run the numbers for your product
Send us the category, purchase price, weight, and planned volume — within 24 hours we'll come back with the economics and the timeline.
How a company network works in Latin America
When a seller's trading companies operate in two or more countries in the region, each of them starts independently maintaining management, marketing, logistics, and accounting. Costs are duplicated, the tax burden becomes the sum of rates in several jurisdictions, and nobody has a single picture of the group. A network with a management company solves exactly that problem.
The structure looks like this: the trading companies in the countries of sale handle imports and sales, while the management company — usually in Uruguay or Paraguay — provides them with management, marketing, logistics, and accounting services. Group reporting becomes unified, and administrative costs stop being duplicated.
The scheme does not pay off at every turnover level. We say so plainly: if the network doesn't pay for itself on your numbers, the sensible thing is to stay with your own company in one or two countries.
The key requirement for a structure like this is economic substance: the management company must genuinely provide services, not exist on paper. Contracts, team composition, document flow, and pricing between the group's companies are built so that the structure stands up to scrutiny in each of the countries.