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Shell Companies
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Corporate and Securities Law
Delaware to Consider Public Policy of Assisting Shell Company Mergers
New York Business Law and Commercial Litigation Blog
Peeking Inside The Shell – Who Owns The Company?
By David Paseltiner, Rose Egan
Over the last several years, there has been growing concern within the financial and trade regulatory communities about the use of shell companies to evade anti-money laundering laws, economic sanctions,…
Tilting the Scales
Using a Dummy Company Can Be a Smart Business Decision
By Bill Drabble
Uncle Pennybags plans to build a hotel on Marvin Gardens, but to do so, he needs to acquire adjacent properties on Atlantic Avenue, owned by Charles Darrow, and Ventnor Avenue,…
Asset Search Blog
Track Hidden Money Senator Warren’s Plan Says
By Fred Abrams
Last Tuesday Senator Warren released her plan to track hidden money & fight corruption. Money launderers, tax dodgers, narco-traffickers; terrorist financiers and other fraudsters can easily establish shell companies without…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Netflix Releases Movie Despite Defamation Lawsuit
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
Netflix released its movie about the Panama Papers on October 18th, and while fictional versions of Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca narrate the story of the movie to “tell their…
Money Laundering Watch
FATF Issues Best Practices Guidance on Beneficial Ownership Information
By Priya Roy
Second Post in a Two-Post Series As we blogged yesterday, the issue of the beneficial ownership of entities and the potentially pernicious role of shell companies in perpetuating money laundering…
Money Laundering Watch
Shell Company Update: Congress and FATF Target Beneficial Ownership
U.S. House Passes Corporate Transparency Act; FATF Issues Guidance on Identifying Entities' Beneficial Owners First Post in a Two-Post Series on Beneficial Ownership As we often blog, the issue of…
The Cyprus Lawyer
Shell Companies per Central Bank of Cyprus
By HSharpe
Shell Companies per Central Bank of Cyprus On the 2nd of November 2018, the Central Bank of Cyprus issued a Circular Letter to its members with reference number BS 6020…
China Law Blog
The Documents Are the International Deal
By Dan Harris
I once said on here that if we get at least three emails on a particular topic, we will write about it. I long ago received three emails on the…
Asset Search Blog
Divorce & Hidden Money: Panama Charly & Helga Glock’s Search For Assets
By Fred Abrams
[caption id="attachment_15451" align="aligncenter" width="640"] This 30th post in the “Divorce & Hidden Money” series highlights a RICO lawsuit Helga Glock commenced in 2014. The lawsuit alleges Glock pistol inventor Gaston Glock…