SFM Corporate Services

SFM Corporate Services
Private
Industry
Founded Geneva, Switzerland 2006
Headquarters Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Area served
 Worldwide
Services Company formation
Website Official Website

SFM Corporate Services is a Dubai-headquartered financial and corporate services firm specializing in offshore company formation.[1][2] The firm was founded in Geneva, Switzerland[3] but now has its headquarters in Dubai with additional offices in Seychelles, Hong Kong, and others.[4][5] In 2015, Acquisition International named SFM the "Independent Corporate Service Provider of the Year - UAE."[2]

History

SFM was founded in 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland.[1][4] By 2011, the firm had opened offices in Seychelles (2009) and Hong Kong (2010)[6] and was helping create onshore and offshore companies around the world. Prominent locations for these offshore companies included Seychelles and Cyprus.[4] By 2012, SFM was forming companies in 15 different jurisdictions.[6] In 2013, the company moved its headquarters to Dubai. There, the company continued to offer services like international tax planning and corporate structuring (among others).[1] In 2015, SFM was awarded the Offshore Excellence Award as the "Independent Corporate Service Provider of the Year - UAE" from Acquisition International.[2] In April 2015, SFM collaborated with officials from the Ras al-Khaimah emirate on a roadshow in Geneva.[7] SFM is a member of the International Tax Planning Association and the International Financial Management Association.[3][5]

Services

SFM Corporate Services offers financial and corporate services with a specialization in offshore (and onshore) company formation.[2][5] Other services include obtaining UAE residency, corporate structuring,[1] opening bank accounts,[3] and others. SFM acts as a resident agent in order to register companies in onshore and offshore jurisdictions.[8] Most of SFM's services are provided online through its different websites, "Dubaicompany" or "SFM Offshore."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "So You Wanna Go Offshore?". Entrepreneur Middle East. May 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "SFM Corporate Services S.A.". Acquisition International. 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "SFM Corporate Services". www.crunchbase.com. CrunchBase. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Farrokh, Mohammad (October 2011). "L'offshore à portée de presque tous" (in French). Banque & Finance. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "Offshore company formation not just for the big boys". Web in France Magazine. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Optimiser la création de sa société en ligne" (PDF) (in French). Bilan. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Emirat en roadshow dans la Cité de Calvin". L'AGEFI (in French). 17 April 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "March 2009-Interview of one of SFM's director on Exel Magazine". Exel Magazine. March 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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