Dutch ship repair & maintenance company AEGIR-Marine Latin America 🇳🇱 ⚓️ received the go-ahead for their Regional Headquarters in Panama (SEM) 🇵🇦. The Ministry of Trade & Industry (MICI) approved their SEM license end of last week.
Bart van den Hamer, Regional Director: “This license drives our business development and enables us to provide technical support to our subsidiaries worldwide, effectively addressing our clients’ needs.”
Another Dutch maritime company that established a regional headquarters 🏙️ in Q1 this year is shipbuilding companyDamen 🇳🇱. A step to strengthen their operational presence in the region and facilitate regional growth, according to LATAM Hub Manager Wilfredo Lafosse.
Finally, BTS Tech Panama (Telecom / CommTech) with headquarters in the United States 🇺🇸 & a strategic presence in Zaragoza, Spain 🇪🇸 and Nxtgen Strategic Services (Indonesian 🇮🇩 origen) also registered their SEM entities in the first quarter of this year.
About the SEM Multinational Headquarters Regime
Panama’s Multnational Headquarters Regime (SEM) offers significant tax, labor, and immigration benefits to multinational companies that establish regional headquarters in Panama, serving other offices in the region (or world) with management, business development & backoffice activities. It is a major source of attracting foreign investment to & creating employment in the country, having turned Panama into the multinational HQ hub in the region. There are close to 200 registered “SEMs” in Panama today.
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