Privacy has been a core value of our firm since its founding back in 2011 — even before the world began its global shift toward transparency. It was, and still is, something we deeply believe in: a fundamental right our clients, and all of us, are entitled to.
Only a few years after the creation of UNTITLED — then known as Litwak & Partners — many countries began adhering to the FATCA agreement with the United States, and the OECD introduced its Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for information exchange. In a way, our firm grew alongside these global developments toward transparency, which also brought challenges for individual privacy.
We fully understand — and agree — that transparency initiatives aim to tackle major global issues that thrive behind complex corporate structures, such as money laundering, corruption, and tax evasion. Yet, while transparency is a legitimate goal, unrestricted public access to personal or corporate information carries risks and may infringe on property rights.
And in places like Latin America, privacy is also a matter of safety.
The disclosure of private information in many countries across the region can have consequences that go far beyond tax matters. In these contexts, the loss of privacy often translates into potential insecurity. In a world where personal data is easily searchable online, where we share content on social media and learn details about people we’ve never met, we believe in setting boundaries rooted in individual privacy.
As Martín Litwak, Founder and CEO of UNTITLED, explained some time ago:
“We live in a Big Brother world where everyone assumes they have the right to know everything about others. But that’s not the case. Yes, we live in a world of social networks and data exchange, but there is information that is private — and no one should feel obliged to reveal what they do in their personal life, as long as they’re not committing a crime or harming anyone. Knowing how much someone has is irrelevant, as long as they pay their taxes. Privacy is an innate right.”
Positioning privacy as a value is a key goal in wealth planning, not for secrecy itself, but for what confidentiality protects.
At UNTITLED, we work with trusted structures and secure jurisdictions to achieve that goal we believe in. Our approach is grounded in respect for our clients’ privacy and in the personalized attention that makes it possible. We study each family and their needs carefully to offer what we do best: protecting what they have, prioritizing their privacy, and helping them stay secure.
In times of global transparency, UNTITLED will continue to stand for privacy.