Nigerian entrepreneurs run some of the most dynamic businesses in the world, and face some of the world's most unreasonable friction for it: correspondent banking de-risking, payment delays, and counterparties that discount Nigerian paper before reading it. The talent is not the problem. The infrastructure is.
A Swiss company changes the terms. It gives a Nigerian owned group a European contracting entity, access to serious banking, and a flag that is priced at face value everywhere. We say plainly what others obscure: this corridor has no tax treaty shortcut, and the structure must be built honestly on substance. That is precisely the kind of work we do.
Contracting through a Swiss entity removes the discount applied to Nigerian paper in European trade. For commodity, logistics and technology businesses, that alone can repay the structure.
Nigerian ownership means enhanced scrutiny at every bank; preparation is the difference between refusal and relationship. We build the file, document source of funds properly and introduce clients to institutions matched to their profile.
Switzerland has no comprehensive double taxation agreement in force with Nigeria, so we design holding and flow structures that do not depend on one. Honest architecture outlasts optimistic architecture.
Seraama is a Zug based boutique founded by a UK qualified lawyer with twenty three years of international corporate experience. We form the Swiss company, provide the resident director and registered office that give it real substance, prepare the banking file and make the introduction. One firm, one standard, personally accountable for what we build.
We take a limited number of clients, principally from the Gulf, Asia, Africa and Latin America, and most arrive through professional referral. Fees are quoted in writing after a short consultation; we do not publish price lists, deliberately.
Yes, with preparation that most applicants never do. Banks examine ownership, business model, documentation and substance. A Nigerian owned Swiss company with documented source of funds, audited or well kept accounts and real Swiss substance is a credible applicant. An unprepared application is not, and a refusal becomes part of the record. Preparation first, application second.
For most of our Nigerian clients the value was never treaty rates. It is the ability to contract, bank and be priced as a European counterparty. Where dividends flow from Nigeria, the position is planned without treaty relief from the outset, which is a design question we address before formation, not after.
Certified identity documents, evidence of source of funds and wealth, and a clear account of the business. We are direct about this corridor: documentation standards decide the outcome, and we hold applications back until the file is strong. That discipline is why our introductions succeed.
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