Friday, April 17, 2009

Setting up a Business in The Gambia

Setting up a Business in The Gambia
When you are starting business in The Gambia you will normally need far more advice than a 'local' person.

You will probably need help not just with the legalities involved in registering your business but also with tax issues, the drafting of contracts and other documents and about many aspects of the local business culture.

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Dealing with an Inheritance in The Gambia

Dealing with an Inheritance in The Gambia

It is bad enough when your parents die and they live just down the road. It can be much more complicated if they live in The Gambia.

The laws are different, the tax is different and you don't know who to turn to. Even if your parents used a local lawyer, will that lawyer know enough about Gambian law to guide through these complicated waters?

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Setting Up a Will in The Gambia

Setting Up a Will in The Gambia

If you are the owner of a property in The Gambia it is very often a good idea to prepare a will relating to your property. You will then also need to modify your existing will or any other wills.

You will need to make sure that both are operating in the most tax efficient manner and, most importantly, that they do not contradict each other.

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Setting Up Trusts in The Gambia

Setting Up Trusts in The Gambia

Some of our Clients will benefit from the use of trusts.

Very often they do not understand the options available to them or they think that trusts are only for people who are much richer than they are. So they do nothing.

And it costs them a fortune in unnecessary taxes. Let us guide you through this minefield.

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Setting Up an Offshore Company in Gambia

Setting Up an Offshore Company in Gambia

Companies based offshore (ie: in tax havens) can still have number of advantages for some of our clients but can be a disaster for others.

Let us guide you through the advantages and disadvantages of each type of company and then help you set up any companies in The Gambia that you may need.

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Mortgages of Shares or Debentures in Gambia

Mortgages of Shares or Debentures in Gambia

If you wish to raise money on the strength of the shares in a Gambian company or to grant a general charge over the assets of that company you will need to put in place the right legal paperwork and/or check that the paperwork supplied by your lender is both fair and reasonable and that it will not cause any undesirable consequences in the country where you are living.

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Property Law: Property Rental Contracts in The Gambia

Property Rental Contracts in The Gambia

So you have bought you investment in The Gambia and you want to let it out. Are you really going to allow the tenant into possession without a signed rental contract?

You need to protect your legal position. Let us prepare a specimen contract that you can use over and over again. Just check every couple of years that the law has not changed!

Let our team of Gambian real estate and property lawyers discuss the issues concerning Renting and Leasing Commercial Properties in Gambia, West Africa