Liechtenstein: Offshore Banking

On 7 February 2012, Liechtenstein and the UK initialled a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) in Vaduz and also extended operation of the sole disclosure programme currently in place, the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF), by a further year up to 2016.

The treaty between the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Federal Republic of Germany for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and fortune (DTT), including the minutes, was signed in Berlin on 17 November 2011.

On September 29th in Liechtenstein respectively on October 11th in London the long-expected Second Joint Declaration Concerning the Memorandum of Understanding Relating to Taxes between Liechtenstein and HMRC has been signed.

The treaty between the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Federal Republic of Germany for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and fortune (DTT), including the minutes, was signed in Berlin on 17 November 2011.

The term: "Family Office" is becoming harder to define these day’s. Originally, we had the "Single Family Office", now with many opting to merge with other Ultra-Rich Families, commonly called "Multiple Family Offices" which again becomes further confusing with "Top-End" wealth management companies turning themselves into Multiple-Family Offices.

On 26 June 2008 the Liechtenstein Parliament passed the new foundation law. The new Foundation Act (hereafter referred to as the StiG), together with the amendments to the Law on Persons and Companies (PGR), was published on 26 August 2008 in the Liechtenstein Law Gazette No. 220/2008.

In the realm of corporate structures, the concept of a Protected Cell Company (PCC) holds a unique position. Not a distinct legal form in itself, a PCC is a configuration that can be adopted...

IMaps ETI AG, the structured products issuer from the Principality of Liechtenstein with a focus on issuing actively managed certificates as a White Label Solution for asset managers, ...

Die iMaps ETI AG, der Zertifikate-Emittent aus dem Fürstentum Liechtenstein mit Fokus auf die Auflage von Vermögensverwalter-Zertifikaten, ...

On 7 February 2012, Liechtenstein and the UK initialled a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) in Vaduz and also extended operation of the sole disclosure programme currently in place, the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF), by a further year up to 2016.

The treaty between the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Federal Republic of Germany for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and fortune (DTT), including the minutes, was signed in Berlin on 17 November 2011.

The recent developments and changes in the last two years in the Principality of Liechtenstein underline the attractiveness for international asset protection for international clients.