ABACUS
CREATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
OF OPERATING COMPANIES IN THE
AMERICAN AND GLOBAL MARKET
Setting up an Operating Company in the U.S. has many benefits…
• Accessing the world’s largest marketplace is the key to success for many
businesses around the world. The most effective way to reach this market is from
the inside.
• Generally, Americans prefer doing business with US companies and thus
business credibility increases with a US address, account and phone number.
• The U.S. is a stable and safe base to reach growing markets such as Latin
America.
• Access more competitive debt financing and the large U.S. equity market (public,
venture capital and angel investors).
• Enhance the reputation of your company as a global player.
• Easier to get a visa and to send you children to school in the U.S.
• May reduce your tax on US income.
… but it requires on-going support from a team skilled in management, business
development, company formation, international tax, supply chain…
Giorgio is the Managing Director of Abacus and President of the “Rotary Club of New York,
The Host Club of America” founded in 1909. A former Navy Officer, graduate of the Italian
Giorgio Navy Commanding School and of the “Accademia Navale di Livorno” (University of Pisa). He
Balestrieri has well over 40 years of experience: 16 years in NATO and National operations, including
Captain of a combat ship and operational consultant for the Navy R&D Institute; over 25
ABACUS years in the strategic planning, evaluation and implementation of advanced technologies.
Fluent in English, Italian and French, he has taken over 160 overseas trips in the last twenty
years supporting the efforts of small, medium and major international corporations providing
due diligence and good order in projects worldwide.
Christian has 22 years of experience as a financial and tax professional. He worked as a
financial valuation professional, investment banker and CFO with companies such as Arthur
Christian G. Andersen, Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale and other multinational entities.
Fassetta Christian is now the Managing Director of Eden Tax, where he provides tax and financial
planning, business consulting, CFO and asset protection services. Christian is a CPA (he
EDEN TAX passed the exam scoring among the top 100 in the country) and has received a B.S. (Honors
College - valedictorian) and a M.S. in accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an
M.B.A from the University of Chicago, a B.A. in Law and a J.D. from Northwestern California
University, and an L.L.M. (Summa Cum Laude) from the Washington School of Law.
Rudy has more than 10 years expertise in structured finance with a particular focus on
working capital. Before creating Agilon Group, he held various leadership positions in Europe
Rudy Lion and Latin America for companies such as Citibank, Daiwa, ING Bank and DLA Piper. During
his tenure as Head of Structured Finance in Latin America, Rudy participated in several
AGILON working capital finance initiatives and was appointed lead advisor in various consulting
assignments sponsored by the World Bank and the Dutch and German Development
Agencies. He is a qualified banking and finance attorney and holds an MBA from Limerick
University. He speaks English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Our team’s Value Proposition
• Review your expectations and strategies with you to increase your chances of
success in the American and Global Markets.
• Provide hands-on management so that you can concentrate on product
development and profitability. Your company sales management and services will
be cost-effective, keeping you always in control of your marketing and sales.
• Accurate fiscal and financial management preventing detrimental effect of
operation issues on your sales and market expansion.
• Confidential and competitive information on customers, prospects, competitors
and the marketplace within the framework of local and international regulations.
• Capital raising and structuring to allow you to benefit from the large U.S. capital
market.
ABACUS
Abacus Consulting Group, Inc. provides business intelligence, discrete advisory consulting
services and due diligence within the framework of local and international regulations. Our
executives developed a large network of personal contacts experts in commercial banking,
international affairs, diplomacy, local business customs and laws. We provide our clients with
the knowledge and resources to expand in the global market overcoming unpredictable risks.
Market study
• Industry players
Business intelligence
• Buyer analysis
Due diligence
Marketing structure
Initial phase Evaluation
• Branch
Background check
• Distributor
• Agent
Security services
Partner identification
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Eden Tax, Inc. provides a full range of support services to businesses that want to establish a
presence in the United States. We provide fully integrated solutions, from incorporation to
tax planning and corporate administration.
Entity set-up Planning services Administration
Review of planned activity Tax planning Bookkeeping
Corporate structuring Tax studies CFO services
Corporate formation Financial planning Tax preparation
State licenses Strategic solutions Annual filing
Public listing Directorship / Advisory
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Agilon Group, Inc is a U.S. based strategy consulting and corporate finance firm specialized
in the mid-cap market. We provide advisory services and capital sourcing and structuring to
mid-cap companies and origination and business development to financial institutions and
institutional investors.
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Case study : Using a U.S. operation company to access more
competitive debt financing
Diversified pool or single client
Funding (purchase price)
Exporter
Clients Client
Sale ME
Can be done
US financial institution ASIA with one client
agrees to finance US NewCo U.S. NewCo. LAT or several
which then downstreams it located in one
to the exporter as purchase
(Distributor) Sale EU country or
price. various .
Receivables
Funding
Payment terms
to clients can be
granted or
extended to
Financing Source negotiate higher
Trade & Cargo
(Banks, etc.) product price.
Insurance Payments
Coverage
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ABACUS
Giorgio Balestrieri
www.abacuspower.com
E-mail: giorgiohb@gmail.com
Phone: +1-917-306-7949
Skype: giorgiohb