Shelf Companies in Liechtenstein: Ready-Made Companies for Sale

It can carry what its history holds, so its records are reviewed before the sale, by you and the licensed trustee. For a GmbH, the law makes seller and acquirer jointly liable for contributions still due unless the articles say otherwise (PGR Art. 403(6)). Ask for the filed accounts and the share register before you sign.

We do not promise it. No processing time is published for either route, so we give no day count. A ready-made company is already entered, but the transfer, identification and register filings still have to be done. We tell you what remains for the company you choose.

We do not promise one. A Liechtenstein bank decides on its own client acceptance, and opens an account only after its own checks. We prepare the documents a bank usually asks for once the transfer is done. Read Bank Accounts for Liechtenstein Structures.

No. LFF Heritage Trusts prepares and coordinates the file. A licensed Liechtenstein trustee, named in your engagement letter, files the changes (TrHG Art. 2(a): formation and the related dealings with authorities). Legal advice on the transfer belongs to a Liechtenstein lawyer (RAG Art. 8(1)(a)). You know who acts before you sign.

The price of each company is shown in its row of the list, in Swiss francs. Our coordination work and the trustee's fees are quoted on request, once we know the changes you want after the sale. Ask for a quote with the reference of the company you like.

Yes. Before you sign we share its register extract, articles, share register or founder's rights record and, where the seller provides them, its filed accounts and corporate records. You can have them read by your own adviser. If anything is unclear, we answer in writing before the transfer starts.

Not for every form. A GmbH share assignment needs a public deed (PGR Art. 403(4)). AG registered shares pass by handing over the endorsed certificate (PGR Art. 327(2)). Anstalt founder's rights can be assigned (PGR Art. 541). Written register filings carry certified signatures (HRV Art. 31(2)).

The board, seat and articles changes you want are filed with the commercial register without delay (PGR Art. 965(1)). The change of beneficial owner is notified within 30 days of knowledge (VwbPG Art. 4(5)), subject to the current suspension. Licences, permits, tax registration and the bank account are separate steps.

The deadline is 30 days (VwbPG Art. 4(5)). Since the cyberattack of 30 July 2026, deadlines that cannot be met because of the limited availability of the register, or because the limited access procedure is not used, remain suspended, with no end date announced. We check the current status before your filing.

Yes. Buyers usually change the name, seat, object or board. New board members and a new seat are filed with the register without delay. See amending the articles of a Liechtenstein company and the domicile a licensed trustee provides for a company or foundation.

Identity documents for every buyer and beneficial owner, the residential address of an individual buyer (SPV Art. 6(1)(a)), and the ownership chain for a company buyer. The licensed trustee identifies you by documents before the work starts (SPG Art. 6(1)). Signatures on written register filings are certified (HRV Art. 31(2)).

We found no such rule in the texts we read, and no separate shelf-company category. The transfer follows the ordinary rules of the legal form: PGR Art. 403 for a GmbH, Art. 327 for AG shares, Art. 541 for Anstalt founder's rights. Ask us about the company you choose.

Yes. Both names describe an existing company sold to a new owner. The law we read uses neither term: the transfer is an ordinary change of ownership under the rules of the company's legal form. On this page we use "ready-made company" and "shelf company" for the same thing.