Company set-up in any of our 98 network countries
You need a company, branch, representative office or registration somewhere we have not built a dedicated package for, because Hungary, India and China each need their own, or because the destination is one of many other markets. Finding a reliable local advisor from scratch, briefing them, and then chasing status updates in a time zone and language that are not yours is its own project before the real one starts. We scope the market and the entity question first, then hand the filing to our member or partner firm there, and keep one plan, one offer and one point of contact on our side.
Tell us about the matter and what you want to achieve. We review it and send a written offer, either a fixed fee or hourly rates with an agreed cap, so the cost is predictable before work starts. If the scope stays the same, so does the fee.
Timeline: Timing depends entirely on the country and the entity chosen. We give a realistic estimate once we know the market, and confirm it in the written plan before you commit to anything.
Tell us briefly what you need. We send back a written scope and the fee.
What you get
A short scoping note: the country, the entity or registration route, and what the choice depends on
Introduction to, and coordination of, our member or partner firm in that country, who prepares and files
Entity or branch registration and the tax or VAT registrations the country requires, depending on the country
A registered office or local agent arrangement, where the country requires one
Support opening a local bank account, depending on what the local bank asks for
A basic contract set, and a handover to bookkeeping and payroll where you want us to continue, depending on the country
How it works
Tell us the country, the activity and the timeline you are working to
We scope the entity question with you and send a written plan: what has to happen, in what order, and what we need from you
Our member or partner firm in the country prepares and files, and reports at each milestone
Handover: the registered entity, the document set, and next steps for tax, banking and staffing
When this is the right package
If the market is Hungary or India, use the dedicated package instead: Hungary in a Box or India in a Box, each built around what that country specifically requires. This package is for everywhere else in our network: a branch you need in one country, a subsidiary in another, a representative office to test a market before committing further.
How we keep one plan across different legal systems
Each country has its own company law, tax registrations and filing bodies, and the firm that knows them is the one qualified to practise there. What we add is the scoping step before anyone files anything, a single written plan and offer, and one point of contact who tracks progress across every country you are opening in at once, so you are not managing separate advisers in separate languages on separate timelines.
FAQ
Which countries can you cover?
Our network reaches 98 countries. For your specific country we confirm coverage and the right member or partner firm at the scoping stage, rather than promising a service we have not actually checked for that market.
Is it really one contract?
It is one engagement with us: one scoping call, one written plan, one offer and one point of contact on our side, even though the filing itself is done by the local firm qualified to do it in that country. You work with one contact person: we assign the right lawyer to your matter and coordinate the work with the local firm, so you do not have to find an adviser in each country and hold the project together yourself. If you are based abroad, you can also start with a member firm in your own country and language.
Who is liable for the local advice?
The local advice on entity form, filings and compliance in that country is given by the member or partner firm qualified there, and the engagement terms make clear before work starts who is responsible for what. We do not present advice on a foreign country's law as our own where we are not qualified to give it.
How long does it take?
It depends on the country and the entity, which is why we do not quote a timeline until we know both. We give a realistic estimate once the market is confirmed and set it out in the written plan.
Can you also run accounting afterward?
Where the local firm offers it, yes, and we hand it over as part of the same plan. In Hungary this continues as our own monthly bookkeeping and payroll service; elsewhere it is arranged with the local firm and agreed in the same written offer.
What about confidentiality?
The scoping conversation and the documents you send us are handled under the same confidentiality terms as any other engagement, and only the firm actually doing the work in a given country sees what it needs for that work.
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