Mossack Fonseca: Panama Maritime Authority to Open New Offices in U.S.

The administrator of the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP), Jorge Barakat, announced that in 2016 the AMP (sometimes referred to as SEGUMAR) will open an office in Los Angeles to serve the U.S. West Coast, and in 2017 they will move the SEGUMAR East Coast office from New York to Miami in order to provide better and more effective access to maritime policies and services linked to and developed from the Miami area market.

Established in 1977, the Mossack Fonseca Group is a leading global company which provides comprehensive legal, trust and accounting services.

With over 500 staff members across every continent, the Mossack Fonseca Group provides excellent services based on more than 35 years of experience. As part of its added value, the Group offers personal advice and a world-class online experience through a virtual Client Portal which is available 24 hours a day. Our web-based Client Information Portal application allows clients to reserve companies online, verify the status of companies, and pay invoices, in addition to other transactions.

Our service and research-oriented professionals specialize in trust services, wealth management, international business structures, and commercial law, among other areas.

Our product and service portfolio is constantly updated and renewed, enabling the Group to find the appropriate solution for your business. We offer research, advice and services for the following jurisdictions: Belize, The Netherlands, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, Malta, Hong Kong, Cyprus, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Panama, British Anguilla, Seychelles, Samoa, Nevada, and Wyoming (USA).

Our law firm has specialized attorneys experienced in all areas of law such as shipping, immigration, contracts and intellectual property, as well as commercial law in general. We also assist clients in physically relocating to Panama and supporting them with regard to all of the steps required, from handling immigration matters and buying or renting property to establishing their business in Panama.

Mossack Fonseca: Estate Planning & Asset Protection

Through organizations such as Corporations, Private Foundations and Trusts, we assist our clients in their estate planning asset protection needs. Trust operations can protect assets from diverse threats, including political unrest, reckless heirs and more.

Each client has specific and definite requirements, and our solutions are always designed to meet the needs of one of them.

Contact Info:
Organization: Mossack Fonseca
Address: 54th Street, Marbella, Panama, Republic of Panama
Phone: (507) 205-5888
Website: http://www.mossfon.com/

Mossack Fonseca: Structures Onshore and Midshore

Specialized structures in selected jurisdictions are gaining more ground as business transactions become more complex and regulated.

Onshore and midshore jurisdictions offer our clients a wide variety of benefits for asset holding, estate planning, trading and many other services. They comply with annual reporting and payment of taxes at different rates and frequencies, depending on the jurisdiction and are ideal in the use of double tax treaties.

We can assist the client in the incorporation of onshore and midshore companies in jurisdictions such as the Netherlands, New Zealand and Malta, among others.

Established in 1977, the Mossack Fonseca Group is a leading global company which provides comprehensive legal, trust and accounting services.

With over 500 staff members across every continent, the Mossack Fonseca Group provides excellent services based on more than 35 years of experience. As part of its added value, the Group offers personal advice and a world-class online experience through a virtual Client Portal which is available 24 hours a day. Our web-based Client Information Portal application allows clients to reserve companies online, verify the status of companies, and pay invoices, in addition to other transactions.

Escrow Services of Mossack Fonseca

We offer these services optimally fulfilling the conditions and times established in contracts Escrow. We follow comprehensive risk management policies, safely and accurately providing solid and tailored solutions for our clients.

Escrow services can help facilitate payments related to property transactions, mergers and acquisitions and access to capital, among other functions.

Established in 1977, the Mossack Fonseca Group is a leading global company which provides comprehensive legal, trust and accounting services.

Our service and research-oriented professionals specialize in trust services, wealth management, international business structures, and commercial law, among other areas.

Our product and service portfolio is constantly updated and renewed, enabling the Group to find the appropriate solution for your business. We offer research, advice and services for the following jurisdictions: Belize, The Netherlands, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, Malta, Hong Kong, Cyprus, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Panama, British Anguilla, Seychelles, Samoa, Nevada, and Wyoming (USA).

Mossack Fonseca - Announcement Regarding Clarification of Media Reports

Mossack Fonseca & Co. wishes to express its position with regard to inaccurate information contained in certain print and online publications. Our firm has been mistakenly connected with matters in which we have no involvement whatsoever.

We clarify that:

• Mossack Fonseca is a leading international company with a presence in over 40 countries and with close to 40 years of history in the legal industry. We operate through our own and representative offices. All our offices maintain the highest due diligence standards that comply with all international laws and regulations.
• Mossack Fonseca Brazil is an independent entity of Mossack Fonseca & Co. Panama. As an entity, it represents our brand and sells international companies that our group incorporates through the different licenses that we hold in several jurisdictions. That said, our Brazil office operates with its own administration, resources, and staff that are independent of our group.
• Information has been required of our Brazil representative office as part of an investigation that the public prosecutor is carrying out in certain cases currently being processed in that country. Our Brazil office has expressed through its legal representatives that it is ready and willing to cooperate with all authorities that request information through the pertinent channels.
• The request for acquisition of the company in question was received by an independent intermediary professional, Ademir Auada, who in turn services final clients.
• At the time the request for said company incorporation was received (2005), the respective due diligence verification was carried out in compliance with the required standards. As a result of such review, no adverse outcomes or any link whatsoever with politically exposed persons were found.
• Mossack Fonseca & Co., like similar companies, renders registered agent services in the various jurisdictions where it incorporates companies upon request by clients. Such service does not represent any business link with the companies so formed, nor does it imply any administrative or fund raising power from clients. By virtue of the provisions set forth in the laws of such jurisdictions, registered agents incur no liability whatsoever for any business activities of the companies that they form.
• We have a department that conducts thorough due diligence programs to verify the legitimacy of each of our clients in accordance with the legal standards in force.
• The vast majority of our clients are regulated entities, such as premier banks, attorneys, accountants, other law firms, trust companies, etc.―all of them well-known and reputable business companies and firms.
• We have not rendered in the past and do not currently render advisory or intermediation services of any kind for the purchase, loan or financing of any real property―nor do we render real property advice in any part of the world, except in regard to real property located within the Republic of Panama.
• We are always willing to cooperate with all authorities that require information through legally established channels and in compliance with the requirements of the respective legislation.

As to the other points mentioned in the media, we would further clarify as follows:

• Link to companies because of their physical addresses: By law, all Panamanian corporations must have a resident agent that must be an attorney at law or a law firm. All companies incorporated by such resident agents have the physical address of such resident agent’s office.
• In Brazil, it is completely legal to incorporate or use offshore companies for any transaction, whether regarding real property or other legal purposes, provided that they comply with all Brazilian laws.

We shall continue on our nearly 40-year path of servicing the international business, banking, legal and financial communities and we shall maintain our resolve to become ever more efficient and useful to the business world.

Mossack Fonseca on OECD: Conference on Intergovernmental Investment Treaties

Mossack Fonseca - On March 14, 2016, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will host a conference on the balance between investor protection and governments’ right to regulate. The conference will take place at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France.

Many recent investment treaty developments have been driven by the quest for a balance between investor protection and governments’ right to regulate. Efforts to achieve balance have inspired innovation in treaty policy, led some countries to exit investment treaties perceived as out-dated, and informed treaty policy and practice worldwide.

The conference will explore:

• How governments are balancing investor protection and the right to regulate
• The search for improved balance through new institutions or improved rules for dispute settlement including the new Investment Court System developed by the European Union
• A case study on addressing the balance through substantive law―in particular through approaches to the fair and equitable treatment (FET) provision.
• How the OECD, working with other international organizations, can support constructive improvement of governments’ investment treaty policies in this regard

Governments have been evaluating key aspects of investment treaties at regular bi-annual meetings of the OECD-hosted Freedom of Investment Roundtable since 2011. This conference will gather senior policy makers and investment treaty negotiators from 54 advanced and emerging economies for exchanges with leading representatives of business, civil society and academia, as well as international organizations.

Mossack Fonseca Careers

Why join the Mossack Fonseca Group

Our worldwide offices embrace and encourage an international community of professionals. Our daily work with clients from more than 105 countries allows us to understand the meaning of a multicultural workspace.

Reputation

We have a reputation of efficiency and great service that we pride ourselves on. We are driven to be the best in a job that must be diligently executed every day. A good reputation is not given; it is earned in the work place every day.

Empowerment

The world is not short of good ideas, but of people who are willing to make them real. The opportunity to create and lead has shown great success amongst our staff. Not only do we feel the desire to take leadership, we give them the tools and liberty to do so.

Challenging

We actively seek individuals that want to add value and succeed. Our group favors aspiring leaders who want to work with the very best in a positive atmosphere where healthy competition is promoted.

If you are interested in becoming part of the team please submit your curriculum below. Thank you for your interest in Mossack Fonseca.