Sovereign Management & Legal, S.A. is an offshore services provider and international law firm.

Professional Management and Account Signatory Services

Appointing Sovereign Management & Legal, S.A. to manage your offshore Foundation owned corporation provides you with maximum asset protection on all fronts because it solidifies the "arms length" solution recommended for maximum safety and privacy. This can be extended even further to include utilising our nominee signatory services on all bank and brokerage accounts.

Offshore Bank Formations

Owning your own bank can provide a host of unequaled tax, asset protection and privacy advantages as well as opportunities for profit if properly operated. Even in today's more demanding requirements for offshore banks, it is still possible to obtain unrestricted bank licenses in a number of leading jurisdictions.

However, since the bar has been raised considerably with respect to capitalization and other requirements needed to obtain a bank licence, there is the option to consider of forming a New Zealand Offshore Financial Company or a Swedish credit union as alternative deposit taking institutions which require no initial capitalisation and minimal regulatory oversight. Depending on the nature of the financial services to be offered other unregulated options include a Uruguay SAFI and a Panama company with a financial services licence.

Private Offshore Debit Card

After many years of providing different third party debit card solutions and never being fully satisfied with any of them we have designed our own in conjunction with two well known offshore banks to meet the needs of our clients. Our no-name stored value debit / ATM Visa Electron card provides a high EUR 3,000 DAILY withdrawal limit whereas the USD Mastercard allows one to load $240,000 annually and access $1500 daily. By virtue of the fact that you can receive payments directly onto the card from third parties, access your funds privately and use it in person or online wherever credit cards are accepted, many offshore-type banking needs can be met just with this card! Read more about offshore debit cards or visit our order form.

Offshore Jurisdictions

Rather then confuse our clients with a smorgasbord of different jurisdictional choices for incorporating like so many providers do, we have narrowed it down to just six options that by long experience have provided the best overall benefits for the broadest cross section of typical client requirements. Of course number one is our home base here in Panama which we believe offers the best all round options of any. However, we believe some of our clients can also benefit from a multi-jurisdictional approach to their offshore planning, and so along with Panama we sometimes incorporate structures from one or more of the following: Belize, Costa Rica, Delaware (USA), Nevis, and Seychelles.  Gibraltar, New Zealand, Sweden and Uruguay are also offered for more specialized applications.

It is not very often that we need to look to another jurisdiction outside of these to find a feature or advantage that at least one of these do not already have. However, we have correspondents in almost every other major offshore jurisdiction so if you have special jurisdictional requirements or preferences please contact us and we will give you the pros and cons of your choice(s).

 Private Interest Foundations

A powerful asset protection vehicle that provides strong safeguards against overly ambitious creditors, Panamanian private foundations resemble trusts, except that they own outright the assets placed in them. They provide a very useful alternative to asset protection trusts and operate in a similar way and can be especially useful as a sole shareholder of corporations rendering the company foreign owned. New! Guaranteed expedited priority 2 business day service for urgent orders for $250 (€185) extra. Otherwise documents dispatched as with Panama corporations within 5 business days from receipt of payment.

 Bank Accounts

We provide introductions and assistance in the opening of banks and brokerage accounts here in Panama, throughout the Caribbean, as well as in Europe with a range of small, medium and large banks, depending on what our clients' needs are. In major banking centers such as Panama and Hong Kong most banks require a personal visit to be made by the client, but our clients can open accounts in Panama in several large banks without their having to travel in person. We also can offer ready to take over already-made “shelf” companies and foundations which have their own bank accounts for those that need something available for their immediate use.  We can also introduce you to a Panama bank that can open a brand new account in just 3 working days!

 E-Commerce Solutions

Panama is the ideal location for the setting up of an e-commerce business. Panama has ideal privacy and tax friendly laws, excellent business infrastructure and low cost of doing business as well as high fiber optic bandwidth availability.

We offer offshore co-locational server hosting services. A key component of this is an offshore merchant account which we can offer in a special e-commerce package with a Panama Corporation for just $3,400 / €2,525 which where the business type permits can include a direct merchant account with a Panama bank. See the full requirements for setting up an offshore merchant account.