about
Our corporate department has already provided assistance for over 1000 clients helping them establish their business presence in Poland. We help in choosing the right form of business activity in Poland, assist in setting up a corporate structure and provide ongoing legal assistance and accounting support.
The information given below will help you in making your first step to open a company in Poland.
specialization
setting up subsidiaries, branches and representative offices of foreign entities in Poland, optimal structuring of your venture from legal and tax point of view, preparing bespoke drafts of deeds of association, registration of companies in Poland in the National Court Register, preparing full set of corporate documentation, assuring legal and tax compliance with Polish regulations,
specialization
international corporations opening branch offices and subsidiaries in Poland. Among our clients you may find – leading UK employment agencies, UK and USA based lending institutions, South African based brokerage firms, Greek and Romanian tourist companies, Luxembourg based nail polish manufacturing plants, Italian constructions companies, US based oil companies, Turkish logistic companies and others;
mid-sized businesses employing between 50 and 250 employees such us retail stores, French based franchise, Russian based weapon factory, German based car parts manufacturing plant, international shipping company and others,
small businesses with hundreds of individual stories behind.
process
What is the reason behind your will to set up a company in Poland?
Do you plan to hire people?
Do you plan to invest in real estate?
What is your tax residency?
Is your company a part of holding structure?
Your answers will help us in providing you with an advice on which form for doing business in Poland will suit your needs in the best possible way.
Most foreign investors choose Polish Limited Liability Companies (sp. z o.o.) over other forms of companies in Poland. The reasons behind this choice are, among other things:
– safety for shareholders in terms of liability for the company’s debts (unlike partnerships),
– low initial share capital (5 000 PLN)
– legal personality
– low corporate income tax (9% for start-ups 19% for companies with turnover exceeding EUR 2 000 000)
– requiqrement of only one representative (as a rule)
TYPES OF COMPANIES IN POLAND
Capital Companies in Poland
Partnerships in Poland
ID/passport + an excerpt from your local companies register and company’s statute (for corporate shareholders).
questions
We will have to collect the necessary documentation in order to prepare a complete application for the inscription of the company to the National Court Register.
Upon registration in the National Court Register, the LLC in organization shall become a regular Limited Liability Company and shall acquire legal personality.
Estimated time for establishing a Limited Liability Company in Poland (since concluding the articles of association until the entry to the register) is 2 – 4 weeks. Should you be in a hurry you may consider an accelerated procedure which may allow you to start your business operations in less than 72 hours. Contact us for more details on the accelerated procedure.
contact
Should you wish to discuss your issue further, please do not hesitate to contact us.
