Company Formation

It depends on the jurisdiction: federal incorporation in Canada or a US C-Corp typically takes one to two weeks, a UAE Free Zone one to three weeks, and offshore structures a matter of days. Incorporation itself is rarely the bottleneck — the time afterwards goes into bank onboarding and tax registrations.

The jurisdiction is matched to your tax profile, target markets, banking access and investor plans. We do not work from a template: during scoping we map the realistic options and lay out the trade-offs of each.

Yes — in most jurisdictions incorporation is handled remotely under a notarised power of attorney. In-person attendance is occasionally required only for bank onboarding or for biometrics during a residency application, and we plan those visits well in advance.

A single company works while the business sits in one market with no significant IP. The moment you add multiple markets, intellectual property or plans to bring in an investor, separating Holding / OpCo / IP-co protects the assets and cleans up the tax position. Reworking the structure two years later costs far more than building it correctly from the outset.

Identification and KYC for every ultimate beneficial owner (UBO), a one-to-two-page description of the activity, and evidence of source of funds. We send a structured checklist before we begin so nothing surfaces at the final stage.