What are nominee directors and nominee signatories?
Nominee Director – a director whose function is passive in nature. The director receives a fee for lending his or her name to the organization. Nominee directors are subject to director responsibilities. Nominee directors are directors that we appoint for you. Each corporation or foundation must have a certain minimum number of directors appointed when registered. The directors names and some of their personal details are on the public deed of the corporation (or foundation) and this information is publicly available. In many cases, our clients prefer NOT to be appointed as directors on the offshore entities due to either privacy reasons, or foreign public directorship reporting rules in their home countries. The nominee directors we appoint are only there to fill in the blanks at the public registry and they have no authority over the entity for any kind of decision making. Nominee signatories are signatories that we appoint for you on your corporate accounts. In many cases, our clien
Nominee directors (or nominee council members) are directors that our law firm appoints for you. Each corporation or foundation must have 3 directors appointed when the entity is registered in the public registry of Panama. The directors names and passport numbers are on the public deed of the corporation (or foundation) and this information is publicly available. In many cases, our clients prefer to NOT be appointed as directors on the offshore entities due to either privacy reasons, or foreign public directorship reporting rules in their home countries. When we appoint nominee directors on our clients entities, we provide our clients with pre-signed, undated letters of resignation from each director so they can replace the directors at any time. The nominee directors we appoint are only there to fill in the blanks at the public registry and they have no authority over the entity for any kind of decision making. Nominee signatories are signatories that our law firm appoints for you on
