Changes in Panamanian Corporations

A new government, pressures from the U.S. for fiscal transparency and the opinion of the business sector make it predictable that the law which regulates them will change.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Lawyers, who would possibly see their intense advising and foreign capital representation activity decreased, oppose any changes to law 32, which would involve greater transparency in company incorporation (Sociedad Anonima) information and it would perhaps detract from the current attractiveness of the regulations to foreigners.

Tagnia Shocrón noted in an article in Laestrella.com.pa: "A former official from the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture said that 'it is not a matter of eliminating it but redesigning it so that it is more transparent.’ He added that the country’s economy depends on other activities such as toll collection for the transit of ships through the Panama Canal, banking and the tourism industry, which will not disappear because of the flexibility in the transparency of the corporations."

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