The Swiss Analysis

Abstract

As an alternative, one might consider forming a joint-stock company in Liechtenstein. The Liechtenstein joint-stock company can be structured rather flexibly. The costs of incorporation amount to approximately four-thousand Swiss francs. At least one of the board members must be a Liechtenstein citizen. Name, legal domicile, capital and board members are registered in a register which is open to public inspection. The annual running costs including taxes, will amount to about four-thousand Swiss francs. A Liechtenstein joint-stock company provides as much anonymity as may be desirable. It is common practice for anonymous shareholders of such a company to enter into a mandate agreement with the members of the board of directors under which the directors agree to act exclusively upon instruction of the principals.