private industry financial services corporate services 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 contents 1 history 2 services 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 edit 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 edit a b c d e so you wan na go offshore . entrepreneur middle east . may 2014 . retrieved 16 november 2015 . a b c d sfm corporate services s.a. . acquisition international . 2015 . retrieved 16 november 2015 . a b c sfm corporate services . www.crunchbase.com . crunchbase . retrieved 16 november 2015 . a b c farrokh mohammad october 2011 . l offshore port e de presque tous in french . banque & finance . retrieved 16 november 2015 . a b c offshore company formation not just for the big boys . web in france magazine . 6 may 2009 . retrieved 17 november 2015 . a b optimiser la cr ation de sa soci t en ligne pdf in french . bilan . 27 october 2012 . retrieved 16 november 2015 . emirat en roadshow dans la cit de calvin . l agefi in french . 17 april 2015 . retrieved 17 november 2015 . march 2009 interview of one of sfm s director on exel magazine . exel magazine . march 2009 . retrieved 17 november 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sfm corporate services & oldid 715219191 categories companies established in 2006companies based in dubaihidden categories cs1 french language sources fr official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 april 2016 at 12 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view