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Panama company Law

Corporation Law of Panama – Company Law

Law 32 of February 26, 1927 – not an official translation

Company Name BVI Registered Office

The name of a Panama IBC may be in any language and must include one of the following legal endings: Incorporated, Corporation, Sociedad Anonima, Inc., Corp., S.A

Registered Office and Registered Agent BVI Registered Office

All IBCs must have a registered agent and a registered office. The registered office is where documents may be legally served on the company. The registered office must be a physical address in Panama.

Articles of Association BVI Registered Office

  • The articles of incorporation may be executed in any place, within or outside the Republic, and in any language.
  •  The articles of incorporation shall be in the form of a public deed, acknowledged before a Notary Public .
  • The public deed or the protocolized document containing the articles of incorporation must be presented for registration in the Mercantile Registry. The incorporation of a corporation shall have no effect with respect to third parties until the articles of
    incorporation have been recorded.

Directors

The business of every corporation shall be managed by a board of not less than three directors, all of whom shall be male or female persons of full age.

Every corporation shall have a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be chosen by the Board of Directors, and may also have such other officers, agents and representatives as the Board of Directors or the bylaws or the articles of incorporation may determine and who shall be chosen in the manner provided thereby.

Shareholders

There must be one shareholder, either and individual or a corporate body, issued one share valued at US$100.

Shareholders’ names are not filed on the public register.

Share Capital

Every corporation shall have power to create and issue one or more classes of shares of stock with such designations, preferences, privileges, voting powers or restrictions or qualifications thereof and other rights as its articles of incorporation provide and subject to such rights of redemption as shall have been reserved to the corporation in such articles of incorporation.

Panama Certificate of Good Standing BVI Registered Office

The Panama Certificado de Registro Publico confirms the status of the Panamanian company and confirms if the company is in a state of Good Standing, dissolved or if proceedings have been started to strike the company off the Panama Public Registry.

Winding Up & Dissolution BVI Registered Office

If the Board of Directors deem it advisable that any corporation organised under this law should be dissolved, the Board within ten days after the adoption of a resolution to that effect by a majority of the whole Board at any meeting called for that purpose, shall cause notice of the adoption of that resolution to be given in the manner provided in Articles 40 to 43 thereof, in a notice of a meeting of the stockholders having voting power to take action upon the resolution so adopted by the Board of Directors.

Company Restoration BVI Registered Office

A Panama company can be restored to the register by the Registro Público de Panamá presuming the company was not struck off the register over 5 years ago. In order for a successful restoration, an application must be submitted to the Companies Registry.