PRIVATE WEALTH LAW

We take care of the incorporation, tax-compliant structuring, administration and operation of companies, foundations, succession planning and proper asset protection.

Through our headquarters in the Republic of Panama, our international offices and professional networks with presence around the globe, we take care of the incorporation, tax-compliant structuring, administration and operation of companies, foundations, succession planning and proper asset protection, to a clientele in a diversity of countries worldwide, while always being updated and compliant with all legal regulations in each one of the jurisdictions where we operate.

We have implemented different schedules which include a night shift allowing us to have a 24-hours operation to provide an expedite service to our clients in all continents.

Our company formation practice includes incorporation of entities in the jurisdictions mentioned below, as well as post incorporation services such as: changes in the companies’ structures, opening of bank accounts, custody services, accounting services through our affiliate STERLING TAX CONSULTANTS, as well as economic substance requirements.

Jurisdictions (PDF):
  • Panama
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Belize
  • Seychelles
  • The Bahamas
  • Hong Kong

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Economic Substance legislations are designed to protect the reputation of offshore jurisdictions by ensuring that streams of income from certain activities are based on actual local activity to substantiate the use of low tax jurisdictions.

As a result, many international finance centres have introduced their own substance legislation. This includes all the traditional offshore jurisdictions, including the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Bahamas and other strategically important jurisdictions.​

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Our investment funds practice includes all matters related to the life of a fund in the BVI, its establishment, management and termination. Attached hereto you may find self-explanatory documents which include general information about BVI Investments Funds.

It is important to take into consideration that, according to the regime regulating the investment funds in the BVI, all funds must appoint and at all times have an authorised representative appointed. Quijano & Associates (BVI) Limited is capable of providing this service through our affiliate company, International Management and Advisory Services, Ltd. (IMAS).

  • a. Private Investment Fund
  • b. Incubator Fund
  • c. Approved Fund
  • d. Private Fund
  • e. Professional Fund
  • f. Public Fund
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ESTATE PLANNING

Our experts evaluate and determine the best and most convenient way of structuring the distribution of the patrimony to the beneficiaries.

Quijano & Associates has been advising its clients on estate planning possibilities and providing the respective solution under Panamanian legislation.

Our lawyers advise individual clients and their families about estate planning and organization in order to evaluate and determine the best and most efficient way to establish the distribution of an estate among beneficiaries or other successors minimizing legal and fiscal costs and eliminating unnecessary expenses.

Depending on the specific needs and requirements of each client, our experts evaluate and determine the best and most convenient way of structuring the distribution of the patrimony to the beneficiaries, as well as legal entities such as companies, private interest foundations in order to provide personalized solutions vis-à-vis each particular situation for the administration and the protection of the patrimony’s assets and estate planning.