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Offshore Company Formation:
Professional offshore
incorporations and offshore banking services
Worldwide
Registries
Table of Fees: International Business Formations
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Index Offshore Company Formation
We are a network of international tax advisors and attorneys
with headquarters in Germany and an office in
London.
Our international clients consult us to get advice on tax planning,
the legal minimization of the tax burden and / or exemption from
liability. Such advice can be given by telephone or via e-mail, but
our clients are also welcome to fix a consultancy appointment and meet
us at our Hamburg or London premises. The tax advisors and attorneys
working at London Consulting&Trustee Ltd have their focus of interest
on “International Tax Planning” and “legislation on tax offences”.
However, the actual business formations are performed by the tax and
legal offices (network partners) in the country of the respective
companies’ registered office. We do not establish a bogus firm in its
sense but install a proper registered office in accordance with the
regulations and laws of the relevant countries and/or in accordance
with international and European legislation. In the event that nominee
services are required (e.g. nominee director: place of business
management as place of taxation), attorneys in the country of the
relevant company’s registered office will take care of these services
in order to provide our client a maximum of legal security.
We
hereby take the liberty to provide you with some useful information on
this subject matter:
International formation of business for the legal reduction of taxes
that is meant to be “sustainable” and to “withstand a tax inspection”
will consume time and efforts and incur costs. At least each EU member
state, the USA and Switzerland are familiar with the legislation on
the “abuse of a dispositive right” and therefore punish pure bogus or
mailbox firms, which have been established for the mere purpose of tax
evasion. If you are not prepared to spend more than a few hundred
euros for the foundation of an offshore company and if you do not
transfer your centre of life into the country of the company’s
registered office and do not wish to establish a commercially equipped
business operation in the country of the company’s registered office –
then keep away from it!
The key aspects of a sustainable structure include the following:
-Regular domicile in the country of the company’s registered office:
We do not install a mailbox but install the company’s domicile at
least with deliverable postal address, availability on the telephone
during the usual business hours and a fax. An answering machine does
not constitute a regular registered office.
-Nominee director: The role must be taken on by an attorney in the
formation country who, in his capacity as director, is constantly
available and accessible.
-Nominee shareholder: The role must be taken on by a legal entity in
the formation country, preferably a tax office.
-Bank account: Opening of a business account, with the client being
the sole person authorized to have access to the account.
-General power of attorney: The client receives a general power of
attorney in order to sign contracts (with authority), without such
constellation initiating a taxable permanent establishment in the
client’s country of registered office.
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 Law Firm
USA, Dr. jur. Stenbock USA, (Dr.jur. Morgan H.
Bedford, Dr.jur. Roger V. Bennett, Dr.jur.J.J. Gallardo, Dr.jur.
William A. Wright)
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Law Firm Becker & Poliakoff, P. A. , Mr.
Mark S. Scott - FL 33134.
- Louw & Company/ London
- Bill Hawkes FCA (UK and Wales, Vanuta), KPMG
- Rickenbach&Partner,Law
Firm
switzerland
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Marxer@Partner (Dr.jur. Marxer,Dr.jur.Peter
Goop,Dr.jur.Burger,Dr.jur.Marxer jun.,Dr.jur. Schneider,Dr.jur.
Martin Attlmayr,Dr.jur.Götz,Dr.jur.Grabher,Dr.jur. Dobler),
Liechtenstein
- EFFIO, TEJERA& ASOCIADOS, Dr.jur.Bluttne
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Panama
Panama Offshore Legal Law Firm:
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Carlos Ortiz Campana,
Senior Partner
Areas
Practiced:
Corporate Law, Banking Law,
Commercial Law, Administrative Law, Public
Administration, Immigration, Legal Recovery, Real
Estate Consulting - Rep. of Panama
Education:
- University
Santa Maria La Antigua
Bachelor's Degree -
Law & Political Science
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Roderick Rodríguez Ríos,
Attorney at Law
Areas Practiced:
Corporate
Law, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Administrative
Law, Public Administration, Immigration, Legal
Recovery - Rep. of Panama
Education:
- University
Santa Maria La Antigua
Bachelor's Degree -
Law & Political Science
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Firm
Gregory Rowcliffe Milners,
UK-London: Mr. Jan Hoppe:Janis
a Partner and German qualified lawyer ("Rechtsanwalt") in GRM's
Company Commercial Department. He specialises in all aspects of
company / commercial and corporate law, intellectual property
matters and commercial contracts. Jan has also expertise in
competition law matters including dealing with merger inquiries
by the UK competition authorities. Jan leads GRM's Anglo-German
team, servicing the firm's Anglo-German client base.
He has studied law at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu
Kiel (Germany) between 1990-1995; qualifying as a German lawyer
in Berlin in 1998. Jan qualified as a solicitor in England and
Wales at the College of Law, London in July 2000. He is a
committee member of the Association of German Speaking Lawyers
in Great Britain, a member of the British German Jurists'
Association and Lloyd's and London
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Hextalls LLP, RA Clinch-Registered
Foreign Lawyer
Solicitor of the Supreme Court
of Queensland and the High Court of Australia, Michael
specialises in complex and large scale commercial litigation and
dispute resolution. In parallel to this, he deals with
intellectual property disputes, including copyright, software
licencing, passing off, patent and trade mark infringement and
computer industry disputes. He handled one of the largest
computer source code copyright disputes to go before the English
courts. His practice also involves all aspects of corporate and
personal insolvency, including administrations, receiverships
and liquidations, litigation on behalf of insolvency
practitioners and advising insolvency practitioners in respect
of appointments. Additionally, Michael advises brokers and
institutions in the financial markets - in particular, on issues
of on-line and network based screen trading. Michael also
advises overseas businesses establishing in the UK, with
particular emphasis on businesses from Australia and the
Pacific, China, and the Middle East. Michael's main interest is
foreign travel - particularly in central and northern Asia, the
Middle East and north and west Africa. He also enjoys good food
and restaurants and supporting the Australian cricket team.
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Law Firm Cyprus:
| Michael
Kyprianou |
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Languages: Greek, English
Office: Nicosia
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| Demos
Christodoulou |
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Demos Christodoulou has obtained his law degree from the
University of Salonika in Greece and he is a member of the Nicosia
Bar Association and the Cyprus Bar Association.
He is a senior litigator and specialises in civil litigation,
probate and banking law.
Languages: Greek, English
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| Michael
Hasikos |
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Michael Hasikos has obtained his law degree from the University of
Athens in Greece and he is a member of the Nicosia Bar Association
and the Cyprus Bar Association.
He specialises in family law and probate law.
Languages: Greek, English
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| Menelaos
Kyprianou |
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Menelaos Kyprianou has obtained an LLB Degree from the University
of Nottingham in the UK. He is also a Barrister-at-law of the
Middle Temple having been called to the Bar in 1994 Menelaos is
also a member of the Cyprus Bar Association and the International
Bar Association.
He specialises in Civil litigation, Corporate law and Admiralty
law. He has represented numerous foreign companies in major civil
litigation cases.
Languages: Greek, English, French
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| Pavlos
Kyprianou |
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Pavlos Kyprianou has obtained an LLB Degree from King's College of
London in the UK and then became a Barrister-at-law of the Middle
Temple. He is also a member of the Cyprus Bar Association.
He specialises in civil litigation, administrative and
constitutional law.
Languages: Greek, English, Russian
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| Pavlos
Aristodemou |
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Pavlos Aristodemou has obtained an LLB Degree from Oxford Brookes
University in the UK and a Masters degree in International Banking
and Financial Law from Boston University in the US. He is also a
member of the Cyprus Bar Association and he is an active member of
several international legal organizations.
He specialises in financial law, tax law, corporate law and
competition law.
Languages: Greek, English
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| Tonia Antoniou |
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Tonia Antoniou has obtained an LLB Degree from the University of
Essex in the UK and a Masters degree in Commercial Law from the
University of Bristol in the UK. She is also a member of the
Cyprus Bar Association.
She specialises in Intellectual property, Corporate law and
Immigration law. She mainly represents domestic and international
clients in obtaining, maintaining and enforcing Intellectual
Property Rights in Cyprus and abroad.
Languages: Greek, English
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| Anna
Grigorieva |
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Anna Grigorieva has obtained a law degree from the University of
Ekaterineburgh,Russia. She has also passed the Cyprus Bar exams
and is now a member of The Cyprus Bar Association.
She specialises in Corporate Law, Immigration law and Acquisitions.
She mainly consults major foreign clients from Eastern Europe in
establishing their businesses in Cyprus.
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| Papadopoulos
Dimitris (Consultant) |
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Born Zurich, Switzerland, 1966; admitted 1997, Zurich, also
admitted in all German-speaking cantons. Education: University of
Zurich, Law School (J.D., 1992). Experience: Clerk, District Court
of Pfäffikon ZH, 1994-1995. Legal Assistant, Zurich based law
firm, 1995. Associate, Müllhaupt & Partners, 1996-1998, Partner
since 1999.
Member: Zurich and Swiss Bar Associations;
Languages: German, English, French, Greek and Italian.
Practice Areas: Contracts and Corporations; Banking and
Investment Law; Taxation;
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| Savvas
Savvides |
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Savvas Savvides has obtained an LLB from Leeds University UK, and
a Masters degree in European Law and Integration from Leicester
University, UK. He is also a member of the Cyprus Bar Association
and external lecturer of Holborn College of London, U.K.
He specialises in Civil Litigation, in Conveyancing and European
Law.
Languages: Greek, English
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| Nikolas
Nikolaou |
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Nikolas Nikolaou has obtained his law degree from the University
of Athens in Greece and he is a member of the Cyprus Bar
Association.
He specialises in family law and Civil litigation.
Languages: Greek, English
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We are able to
found the following companies:
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English Limited (0-19% income tax for
medium-sized businesses up to a profit of £350,000, EU company:
EU freedom of establishment applicable, therefore EU
directive on parent companies and their subsidiaries, DTA
concept)
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Cypriot Limited (10% income tax rate, independent
of profits, no taxation of distribution of profits, EU company: EU
freedom of establishment applicable, therefore EU directive on
parent companies and their subsidiaries, DTA concept)
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US Corporation (pure form of stock corporation,
taxes depending on the kind of activity and on federal state, DTA
concept)
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Dubai Company (NO taxes, except for banks, oil
companies and chemopetrol enterprises, DTA concept)
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Companies in Liechtenstein (low taxes, depending
on purpose and legal form, offshore, no DTA concept)
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Swiss GmbH (low taxes depending on canton, DTA
concept)
Our English company is mainly
consulted by clients from high tax countries in the EU, such as Danish
and Swedish clients. In particular for these clients, there are broad
opportunities within the framework of double tax agreements, EU
freedom of establishment and the EU directive on parent companies and
their subsidiaries to legally reduce the tax load in their domestic
country (e.g. Sweden, Denmark), or to place the sole right of taxation
abroad.
The fees for formation of
businesses depend on the services:
· Formation
of the company, entry in the commercial register, any required
documents, apostille
· Nominee
services: nominee manager/supervisory board, nominee
partner/shareholder
Please note: Nominee services
are required, if the founder of the company has his centre of vital
interests in a state other than the state of the company’s registered
office, i.e. for example not in England in case of an English Limited
company, but the state of registered office should still be entitled
to the right of taxation: “place of business management” as the place
of tax law permanent establishment according to double taxation
agreement (DTA). Therefore, nominee services may be required, provided
that the actual founder wants to remain unknown, e.g. after insolvency
or prohibition of trade. It is important that the nominee is an
attorney or tax office, respectively, in the formation state (state of
registered office), and that the nominee can always be reached. Any
“cheap founders” do not install any attorney or tax office as
nominees, which may have disastrous consequences for the client.
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Domicile in the formation state: domicile address
in the foundation state, deliverable postal address, mail forwarding
service, telephone, fax
Please note: If taxation is to
be effected in the state of registered office, for example in England,
domicilation must meet the requirements of a regular registered
office. A “mailbox” or an “answering machine” does not constitute a
regular registered office, and may lead to the assumption of a bogus
company (beware of cheap founders!)
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Opening of an account for the company, including
internet banking and VisaCard
Please note: Most cheap
founders only offer “help with opening a bank account”. The company
usually does not get any bank account and/or the nominee has access to
the bank account. We install a bank account for the company in the
state of the company’s registered office, with sole account authority
for the client!
Approach
Please send us an Email
with your objectives. We require the following details:
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Where are you resident (as natural person)
according to tax laws?
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What are your objectives (e.g. reduction of
corporate taxes, indemnity, capitalization, restart after
insolvency)
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Would you like to actively do business in the
foundation country (state of registered office) of the company (such
as industry), or do you not intend any active business in the
foundation country?
We will then explain any
possible constructions in a summary with advantages and disadvantages.
Any futher consultation (per e-mail, telephone or in our office) will
be charged at € 70.00 per hour.
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