Founder
25 Years. Six Countries.
One Conclusion.
Sebastian Sauerborn left Germany in 2000. He has not stopped moving since — but he has always known where he stands.
One hour · English or German · Video or phone
Sebastian Sauerborn was born and raised in Germany. He left in 2000 — not as a dramatic act of protest, but as a practical decision. The opportunities were elsewhere. The tax environment was punishing. And he had enough of a contrarian instinct to believe that the conventional path — stay, build, pay, accept — was not the only one.
What followed was 25 years of building businesses, advising clients, and living in places that most people talk about moving to but never do. Switzerland. The UK. The United States. Malta. Ireland. Scotland.
Each country taught him something different. Switzerland taught him what genuine financial privacy looks like before it was systematically dismantled. The UK taught him how a jurisdiction can shift from favourable to extractive within a single political cycle. Malta taught him the difference between a paper residency and a real one. Ireland reminded him that nowhere is permanent. Scotland reminded him that quality of life is not a luxury — it is a variable worth optimising for.
He opened his first Philippine office in Cebu in 2010. He was not planning a service line. He was exploring a country that interested him — its openness, its pragmatism, its genuine warmth. He has been commercially active there ever since.
Since 2020, he and his team have maintained a permanent presence in Davao City. The choice of Davao was deliberate. Manila is where most people look when they think of the Philippines. Davao is where people who have actually spent time in the country tend to end up.
What Sebastian Actually Does
Sebastian advises internationally mobile entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals on emigration, international tax planning, and asset protection. He is the founder of STM Corporate Group — based in Austin, Texas — and the co-host of Perspektive Ausland, one of the leading German-language podcasts on emigration and international tax planning. He has advised hundreds of DACH-region clients on their international setups over more than a decade.
MyDavaoBase is the English-language expression of what Perspektive Ausland has been doing in German for years: giving serious people the information and operational support to build real international lives, not just paper arrangements.
What Sebastian Is Not
He is not an academic. He is not a theorist. He is not a lawyer who has read about international tax without ever having moved. Everything he advises has been lived — the mistakes included.
He does not sell hope. He sells documentation, structure, and executed plans.
Book a Consultation
Sebastian offers one-to-one strategy consultations for clients who want a senior-level review of their overall international setup — residency, tax, structures, passports, planning — across all jurisdictions, not just the Philippines.
These are not sales calls. They are working sessions. One hour. $850.
Book a Consultation with Sebastian — $850