The State of Liechtenstein is the sole or partial owner of several public enterprises and institutions.

Liechtenstein lies between Switzerland and Austria, the Swiss Franc is the currency and there are no exchange controls.

In the realm of corporate governance, the review of annual accounts and consolidated annual accounts is a critical aspect.

And Why Liechtenstein Is Emerging As The European Economic Area (EEA) Gateway For U.S. Founders, Investors And Digital-Asset Businesses

Across Europe, and increasingly within the EEA perimeter more broadly, a familiar paradox has sharpened: while growth companies are expected to professionalise earlier...

Liechtenstein's financial center has, for years, benefitted from a regulatory architecture that is both deeply integrated into the EEA legal space and, at the same time, deliberately calibrated...

Liechtenstein has long occupied a distinctive position in European and international private wealth structuring, because its trust, unlike many civil law instruments that merely approximate fiduciary ownership or contractual asset administration, is embedded in the Persons and Companies Act (PGR) as a flexible, statutory, internationally recognisable legal form which, while historically inspired by the Anglo-Saxon trust tradition, has developed into a characteristically Liechtenstein solution for asset protection, succession planning, family governance, philanthropy and cross-border wealth continuity.

The result is that social security is no longer a back-office calculation. It is part of legal structuring, human resources governance, cross-border tax design, board composition, due diligence and transactional risk management

The rise of crypto assets has created a new category of private and entrepreneurial wealth that often differs fundamentally from traditional financial holdings.

A regulatory gap that had existed for several years between the European Union and the EEA EFTA States has now closed: since 1 August 2026, Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 on European crowdfunding service providers for business, generally referred to as the ECSPR, is applicable in Liechtenstein, opening a harmonised authorisation route for qualifying crowdfunding platforms and, more importantly from a commercial perspective, bringing Liechtenstein within the European cross-border framework for regulated crowdfunding services.

Und Warum Liechtenstein Sich Als Gateway Zum Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (EWR) Für US-Gründer, Investoren Und Digital-Asset-Unternehmen Etabliert

Wer heute Stiftungen, Trusts oder andere Vermögensstrukturen errichtet, stellt nicht nur steuerliche und erbrechtliche Fragen, sondern ebenso die Frage nach dem Schutz sensibler Informationen.