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Professional offshore incorporations and offshore banking services
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Network of international attorneys and tax counsel |
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are a network of international tax advisors and attorneys with
headquarters 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
ETC
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.
Advocates-Law Firms:
- Panama: MAHMAD DAUD HASAN
Born Panama, Republic of Panama, January 8, 1976;
admitted 2001, Panama.
Education:
Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua, School of Law,
(LL.B., Cum Laude, 2001); Harvard University, School of Law (Program of
Instruction for Lawyers, 2001); Harvard University (Advanced Level
Integrated Skills Course en el Harvard Institute for English Language
Program, 2001).
Experience:
Research Assistant to the First Ombudsman of the
Republic of Panama (1997-2001); Professor of Law, Cartago University,
Republic of Panama. Political Sciences; Roman Law; Procedure Law;
Constitutional Procedure; Administrative Law; History of Law; Banking
Law. Professor of Law at the American University, Republic of Panama:
Constitutional Law I; Constitutional Law II; Political Sciences;
Economic Integration Law; Public International Law.
Publications:
“Jurisprudence of Panama Corporation Law”; “Jurisprudence
1903”, all published by Editorial Portobelo, Republic of Panama; “Money
Remittances Houses in the Republic of Panama”, essay published in the
comparative section of the electronic magazine Law and Bank.com;
Languages:
Spanish, English and Gujarati.
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Cyprus
company formation:
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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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U.S. Corporation Services,
Inc.- Dr jur. Stenbock
Legal Incorporators for
the United States of America
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Alexis Carles,
Senior Partner
Areas Practiced:
Corporate Law, Trust Law, Banking Law, Commercial Law,
Maritime & Admiralty Law, Business Law, Bankruptcy Law,
Estate Planning, Immigration, Wills & Probate - Rep. of
Panama
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Education:
- University
Santa Maria La Antigua
Faculty of Law and Political
Sciences
Licensed in Law and Political
Sciences, 1991.
Thesis of Graduation: "The Illicit Empowering of Airships"
- University
Santa Maria La Antigua
Masters in Mercantile Law, 1997.
- University
Latina from Panama
Masters in Procedural Law
Courses and
Seminaries:
- Center of
Conciliation and Arbitration of Panama Advanced training
course for Arbitrations and
Conciliators, 1994.
- Investment Education Alliance
- Seminary Law
of values and Regulations:
Obligatory fulfillment,
Procedures, information and opportunities
for the benefit of legal,
countable, insurance services, 2001
Memberships:
- Member of the National School of Lawyers
- Kiwanis Club
- Ministry of Property
and Treasure:
External adviser from 1994 to
May of 1997
Languages Spoken:
English and Spanish
Dr. iur. Markus H. Wanger:
(1955), legal studies in Innsbruck, Austria, obtained Dr. iuris
in 1981. He founded WANGER Advokatur in 1987.
Markus Wanger is admitted in Liechtenstein, Vorarlberg
(Austria), Frankfurt (Germany) and Brussels (Belgium). He
is Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and
Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sports, CAS, Lausanne
and Member of STEP (TEP).
He was Judge at the High Adminstrative Court, Liechtenstein, is
member of the board of examination for lawyers and was lecturer
for liechtensteinisches Gesellschafts- und Steuerrecht at the
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Chur.
He specialises in international Commercial Law, Arbitration,
Taxation, Trust and Family Office services as well as
Intellectual Property Law.
Chetcuti Cauchi :
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Dr.
Jean-Philippe Chetcuti Dip.Tax, B.A., LL.M.(Warwick), LL.D., MIT
Dr. Maria Chetcuti-Cauchi
B.A., LL.M.(Warwick), LL.D
Dr. Priscilla Galea
B.A., LL.D.
Dr. Sarah Vassallo
B.A., M.A.(EDRC.), LL.D.
Dr. Gianfranco Gauci
B.A., LL.M.(IMLI), LL.D.
Dr. Angele Vella-Gauci B.A., M.Jur.(EU), LL.D.
Not. Dr. Maria-Christina Saydon
B.A., LL.D.
Mr. Kenneth Camilleri
B.Accty(Hons.), AIA, CPA
Ms. Ritianne Cassar
B.Accty(Hons.)
Mr. Omar Schembri
B.Accty(Hons.), CPA
Ms. Leanne Rolé
C.F.S
Ms. Claudia Buhagiar
Mrs. Virginia Grima
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