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About Sovereign Management & Legal, S. A.
A Word of Advice About The Panamanian Legal Profession
Only Panamanians can be licenced as lawyers in Panama and it is widely recognized that law schools in Panama do not necessarily turn out the best educated lawyers. Unfortunately, Panama universities in general are poorly regarded in the eyes of the outside world and in particular its law schools do a mediocre job in equipping the law student with the tools and knowledge necessary to become a decent lawyer.
Without the external competition that would come from non-Panamanian lawyers practicing here, as would be normal in most other countries, there are too many incompetent lawyers. Therefore it is imperative you check out the educational background of any lawyer you plan to retain in Panama, and whatever else you may do, avoid those that can only show an ordinary Panama law degree and no other additional educational credentials such as a Masters degree.
Sovereign Management & Legal’s parent company has been in the business of offshore incorporations in Nevis since 1996. Sovereign Management & Legal is our flagship management and legal services company and was set up in 2002 and along with its affiliated Panama law firm, Sovereign Law Center, provides all our legal and financial services that we offer. As an internationally oriented law firm Sovereign Law Center specializes in Panamanian business, contract, real estate, shipping and immigration law.
Since Sovereign Law Center is a law firm, (asociacion civil) you are protected by attorney-client privilege in addition to Panama’s already strict business and banking confidentiality laws.
Our law firm is well suited to acting
as an efficient buffer between clients and certain offshore
assets that for asset protection and privacy reasons
they need to be at a safe "arms length" from.
Hence our emphasis is in acquiring and retaining clients
for a long term relationship based on providing the
best possible service at a competitive price.
There are of course many firms that offer similar
services, not to mention the countless others that can
be easily found on the internet, who do business from
a virtual address (usually their corporate registered
agent's address), along with an e-fax number and if
you are lucky a voicemail number. Once they have sold
you an IBC, there is no interest in maintaining any
type of relationship - most of the time you cannot even
get to talk to anyone! This results in the fact that
the vast majority of offshore structures formed never
get renewed and therefore are never put to good use.
We understand our client's needs and help them to develop
their international businesses by connecting them with
business and investment options, or by helping them
build e-commerce or import/export businesses, so that
their investment in the offshore structures does not
become another wasted expense.
So what makes
what we do any different to the options mentioned
in the preceding paragraph?
Why
are we more effective?
- We welcome you to visit us first at our offices
here in Panama City so that you can see who
it is you will be doing business with. We believe
an up front visit, if you have the time, will
be of great assistance, especially if you have
complex needs.
- We try to offer a broader range of offshore
legal and management services then most other
offshore providers. We are not simply an incorporation
mill, nor an offshore services provider whose
real agenda is to sell their clients on their
investments, using the incorporation business
as a "loss leader" like a supermarket.
- We provide many more effective management
and virtual office service options for clients
that need a total "arms length" solution.
- We have some excellent banking connections
which can greatly facilitate our account signatory
services options.
- We can provide some effective and creative
"checks and balances" for those concerned
about the risk of allowing a third party to
be a legal signatory on a corporate account.
- This account signatory service is done far
more efficiently and for considerably less then
most other law firms who provide this service.
You don't have to wait around for days for a
wire to be executed, since a payment order will
be executed as if the order had been submitted
directly to the bank itself.
- We keep corporate renewal fees as well as
trustee or management fees to a realistic minimum
rather then an excessive mark up as is often
the case with other offshore providers, who
discount the up front incorporation cost and
then charge exorbitant amounts for items like
Powers of Attorneys, corporate amendments or
signatory services.
- Our team of in house lawyers are ready to
assist with providing Panamanian legal representation
in the area of business, contracts, residency,
real estate, investments, ship/yacht registrations
and finance – any areas that require skilled
but not overpriced legal services.
- Your confidentiality is protected in your dealings with us, whether it be incorporation, bank account openings, administration or other legal services by strictly observed attorney-client privilege.
These are just some of the reasons that make us
a little different, in what is somewhat of a crowded
market. We do not believe that we can be all things
to all people, but we do believe we offer enough of
what people are looking for when they are going offshore.
This is based on our 13+ years of serving this
market and the many clients we have the good fortune
to have assisted.
Regardless, of what we say, we would suggest that you
test us for yourself. You may be pleasantly surprised
at what you discover when you do.
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