PANAMANIAN OFFSHORE CORPORATIONS
Panama is a country with a
system of efficient and trusted offshore services rendered
especially in relation to offshore corporations or offshore
companies and other kinds of companies. The most common,
corporations, used as offshore corporations, also known in
other jurisdictions as IBC’s, are ruled by
Law 32 of February 26 of 1927
and allow the development of international corporate
services, turning Panama into one of the major service
providers in the world.
For its versatility and
flexibility, Panamanian offshore corporations are an
effective and secure instrument used for the administration
and protection of fortunes, capable of satisfying diverse
client’s needs, due to the banking and commercial systems of
the Republic of Panama.
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PANAMANIAN OFFSHORE CORPORATIONS
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PANAMANIAN OFFSHORE CORPORATION OR
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PRIVATE INTEREST FOUNDATION IN PANAMA
Private Interest Foundations
complete the type of services used for asset protection and
administration, available in Panama. Private Interest
Foundations represent an alternative, different from
Panamanian offshore corporations, allowing for the
protection of assets destined to non commercial activities,
but including its use as a holding company or for
testamentary purposes.
Private Interest Foundations
are ruled by Law 25 of June 12, 1995, constituting an
innovative, flexible, and modern instrument, offering great
advantages compared to foundations from other jurisdictions.
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PANAMANIAN OFFSHORE CORPORATION OR
PRIVATE INTEREST FOUNDATION
OFFSHORE BANK ACCOUNTS IN PANAMA
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The Republic of Panama is
known as an Offshore Service Center, where its International
Banking Center excels, allowing the opening of Foreign or
Local Bank Accounts, in a prompt and safe manner, an
indispensable tool for making financial operations in an
offshore structure for tax planning and asset protection, in
addition to corporations, offshore companies, private
interest foundations and trusts.
The Panamanian Law Firm of BFC
LAWYERS can help you in the process of opening offshore bank
accounts in well known and prestigious banks. This law firm
will guide you throughout the whole process, by offering the
services of preparing the required documentation, such as
the bank account opening applications and banking contracts,
by drafting or obtaining the required legal documents, or by
legalizing the minutes of the corporations or offshore
companies under our administration.
The complete transaction can
be completed with the client remaining outside Panama. Most
Banks will require information and references on the
commercial and banking history of the interested party, and
in some occasions, a personal interview or meeting with the
future bank account executive in the country, may be
required. Once the application is accepted, the client can
make any deposits or withdrawals, execute money transfers or
give investments orders, have check books, obtain credit
cards, etc. At this point, our work would be fulfilled, not
having any relation with the account’s movements or with
transactions made, to maintain discretion and
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VISAS IN
PANAMA, IMMIGRATION
Having full knowledge of
Panama’s Immigration Law and Visas regulations, the
Panamanian law firm BFC LAWYERS offers professional services
in relation to visa applications and for obtaining visas of
different nature, such as Immigrants’ Visa, Special
Visitor’s Visa, Tourist Pensioner Visa, Retired Pensioner
Visa, Investors’ Visa, and Special Visas, among others,
being Panama a country having many offerings to all tourists
and foreign immigrants having legal residence in Panama.
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CONTRACTS IN PANAMA
The Law Firm BFC LAWYERS
offers services almost exclusively in the private law area,
from its offices located in Panama City. We are qualified to
develop the most adequate contractual strategies for the
client’s needs, either at a local or an international level.
Our education and experience
makes us apt for offering high quality services for drafting
all kinds of contracts, including administrative, civil,
labor, or mercantile contracts, as well as those special
areas such as Copyrights and Trademarks.
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INVESTMENTS IN
PANAMA
In Panama, some economic
sectors have gained great impulse, and for those sectors the
Panamanian government has created special laws to promote
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This is the case
of the Colon Free Zone, the Special Zone of Howard,
the Production Free Zone, the Petrol Free Zones,
investments in reforestation projects, investments
in tourism projects, investments in the construction
sector and in real property, and investments in
energy projects, to mention a few.
Besides, Panama
actually is object of investments in the Maritime
Sector, particularly, in its ports and in the
development of its highways’ infrastructure, which
in addition to investments in the telecommunications
sector, allow the strengthening of all offshore
services and investments in tourism projects
(including those destined for foreign pensioners or
retirees’ housing), as well as in commercial and
industrial projects, turning Panama into an
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REAL ESTATE IN PANAMA
For its natural exuberance,
the Republic of Panama is a place of great contrasts and
beauty. Panama has a huge costal area, with beaches in the
Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea that
attracts the interest of investors for with the development
of real estate property housing, tourism, and commercial
projects.
The most remarkable investment
in real estate property is in the town of Boquete, selected
as one of the main residential tourism destinies. Its
quality of life, facilities, and nice climate have favored
this place, chosen by a great part of the retired or
pensioner tourists living in Panama.
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PENSIONERS,
RETIREES IN PANAMA
Immigration and visas laws and
regulations favors the possibility of granting special visas
for retired persons or pensioners looking for a great place
to live when it is time for retirement.
Visas for pensioners
or retired persons offer many advantages and tax exemptions
to those who select Panama as the place for retirement. A
high life quality and low taxing levels favor the preference
pensioners or retired persons have over Panama as a perfect
place for retirement, especially in the areas of Boquete, El
Valle de Anton, Coronado, Bocas del Toro, and even Panama
City.
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SHIPS AND
YACHTS REGISTRATION IN PANAMA
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Panama is known for rendering
a many services, especially in the maritime sector, which is
benefited by the open registry or flag of convenience
regime, the reason why Panama has the major fleet in the
world.
Panama’s Public Registry and
the Merchant Marine Directorate have combined their efforts
to fortify the sector, while the firm BFC LAWYERS has the
experience and qualifications to help you with the
registration of ships and yachts or the registration of ship
mortgages for vessels of any tonnage.
We must mention that ANA
ISABEL BRIN FABREGA is a Master of Laws graduate from the
Tulane University Admiralty Law program and she has worked
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS REGISTRATION IN PANAMA
Law #35 issued on May 10,
1996, established the Industrial Property Regime in the
Republic of Panama, for Trademarks, Patents, Industrial
Secrets, Industrial an Utility Drawings and Models, creating
the basis for the protection of trademarks and patents and
all derived Industrial Property rights and sanctioning
Unfaithful Competition, when it affects any of those
Intellectual Property rights.
Panama is part of numerous
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
International Treaties that guaranty the protection of
Intellectual Property rights in this country.
Through its members, the law
firm BFC LAWYERS is qualified to offer efficient services
for patents and trademarks registration. Its members
participate in seminars and meetings, at local and
international forums, and are constantly making publications
on these issues, being recognized as specialists in this
area of the Law.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
COPYRIGHTS IN PANAMA
In Panama, Intellectual
Property also has Copyrights Law #15 issued August 8, 1994,
regulating Artistic and Literary Works or Creations, also
known as Author’s Rights Law.
The development of copyrights,
now having specialized administrative and judiciary entities
allows for the effective fight against piracy of protected
works, defending authors, composers, artists and
interpreters’ rights.
The law firm BFC LAWYERS has
become part of the defense side of those protected
Intellectual Property rights, through teaching and educating
people and publications of pertinent information, as well as
many specialized articles and books that has become legal
doctrine and citations from them have turned into
jurisprudence in Panama.
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LITIGATION IN PANAMA
The theoretical and practical
knowledge and experience possessed by members of the law
firm BFC LAWYERS, qualify them for rendering efficient
judicial representation of the client’s rights and
interests, in all areas of Private Law, Civil Law and
Commercial Law, either in Ordinary or Executive Law Suits or
proceedings, Copyrights Litigation, for judicial proceedings
related to Unlawful Use of any Intellectual Property Rights,
Opposition, Nullity, or Cancellation Processes, as well as
for Labor Law Litigation, Admiralty or Maritime Law
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LEGAL SERVICES IN PANAMA
The law firm BFC LAWYERS
offers a wide variety of legal services within the private
law area, specially in Mercantile Law (including
organization of businesses, Re-invoicing, Contracts,
Corporations, Private Interest Foundations, Investments),
Intellectual Property (including Copyrights, Industrial
Property Rights, Patents and Trademarks Registration,
Intellectual Property Litigation), Health Administration
Law, Sanitary Registration, Corporations and Companies
(offshore corporations, Panamanian corporations, IBC’s
companies from BVI or from other jurisdictions), Private
Interest Foundations, Trusts, General Maritime Law, Ship
Registration, Registration of Ship Mortgages, Maritime
Litigation.
We also offer services in the
areas of Consumer Protection and Manufacturer’s
Responsibility, Public Bids and Public Contracting,
Administrative Law, Labor Law, Inmigration Law and Visas and
Tax Law.
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