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150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60606

Welcome to CICS, LLC
Over 20 years
EXPERIENCE

In 2003, CICS was established to provide independent directors for offshore funds and conduit entities. As a result of its quality service and its appeal to the price sensitive client, CICS has grown substantially and expanded its services to include independent directors, independent managers, springing members, and trustees for all special purpose vehicles used in structured finance, real estate, credit, and securitization transactions. Furthermore, CICS holds “orphans” (equity) for a number of special situations.

Melissa Stark is the Principal of CICS. Ms. Stark and her supporting staff are capable of understanding the intricacies of today’s financial market products based upon extensive backgrounds in analytical, accounting, managerial, advisory, tax and legal expertise. As such, CICS provides strong candidates that work efficiently and effectively on the external needs required by financial and legal institutions.

ABOUT CICS LLC
For nearly 20 years CICS has provided independent directors, managers, springing members, officers and trustees for all types of special purpose vehicles used in structured finance, including the manager of the co-issuer for CLO’s and the bankruptcy remote independent director for securitized transactions. Melissa Stark is the owner and managing principal of CICS. Ms. Stark and her supporting staff have extensive backgrounds in analytical finance, accounting, managerial, advisory, tax and legal expertise and are practiced with understanding the intricacies of today’s financial market products.

Our Advantage

  • Nearly 20 years of providing directorship services;
  • Response times between 1-3 hours every day of the week including week-ends

Our Team

CICS can provide multiple independent directors for each transaction.  Our directors have extensive experience in finance, real estate….Learn More

Contact Us

Time is money.  That’s why we are available 9:00 am to midnight EST, 7 days a week. Visit our Contact Page to get started today

Our SERVICES

With the rapidly changing marketplace, CICS is frequently adapting it services to meet the needs of each client. With this, our core services include but are not limited to the following:


– Providing Independent Directors, Managers, Officers, Special Members and Escrow agents

–Providing Directors for approving cross trade transactions
– Managing Bank Accounts, including wire transfers and accounting of cash flow
– Providing Managing Trustees for liquidating and family trusts
– Filing Annual Franchise Taxes
– Preparing, Executing and Filing Federal and State Taxes
— Purchasing Dormant Entities for Dissolution Purposes
— Holding Company Capital stock and vote as directed by the requesting Party

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