Business start-up

Start­ing a busi­ness involves plan­ning, mak­ing key finan­cial deci­sions, and com­plet­ing a series of legal activ­i­ties. Thus estab­lish­ing your own com­pany and become self-​​employed might take a long time.

There are mul­ti­ple steps involved in the process of incor­po­rat­ing a busi­ness. Some of these steps are listed below, but all are best han­dled by an expe­ri­enced busi­ness lawyer:

1. Writ­ing a busi­ness plan
2. Fund­ing the busi­ness
3. Approval of the com­pany name
4. Choos­ing a busi­ness struc­ture
5. Pro­tect­ing the per­sonal assets (No mat­ter what struc­ture turns out to be best for a busi­ness, it’s essen­tial to struc­ture it in a way that lim­its the per­sonal lia­bil­ity and pro­tects the non-​​business assets)
6. Reg­is­ter a busi­ness
7. Estab­lish­ing Own­er­ship Respon­si­bil­i­ties
8. Cre­at­ing Inter­nal Bylaws
9. Cre­at­ing Ven­dor Con­tracts
10. Nav­i­gat­ing Tax Issues

In our days, found­ing a startup is a lot of work and the founder of a com­pany is con­fronted with a num­ber of uncer­tain­ties, risks, and chal­lenges. We will be pleased to advise you in all aspects. We have years of expe­ri­ence deal­ing with star­tups and would like to help you build a thriv­ing busi­ness and ensure that your inter­ests are pro­tected through well-​​drafted con­tracts and intel­lec­tual prop­erty fil­ings.

With us, your dream of self-​​employment comes true!

Ger­many is a good home to a large num­ber of busi­nesses rang­ing from small and medium sized busi­nesses (SMEs) of the Mit­tel­stand to large con­glom­er­ates.

In Ger­many the oppor­tu­ni­ties are mas­sive: Sig­nif­i­cant spend­ing power, an inno­v­a­tive cli­mate, its loca­tion right in the cen­tre of Europe, highly skilled work­ers and a gov­ern­ment very open to the estab­lish­ment of all types of busi­nesses.

We offer pro­fes­sional sup­port for expat entre­pre­neurs in Ger­many. Thus we assist our clients in all stages of their busi­ness activ­i­ties in Ger­many and pro­vide them with indi­vid­ual tailor-​​made advice for their projects.

What­ever form of com­pany you choose, we will help you to tackle the bureau­cratic hur­dles and offer expert advice regard­ing legal, account­ing and tax mat­ters.

Our con­sul­ta­tion includes the fol­low­ing legal forms:

• Aktienge­sellschaft (AG) (Joint stock com­pany, cor­po­ra­tion)
• Gesellschaft mit beschränk­ter Haf­tung (GmbH) (Lim­ited lia­bil­ity com­pany)
• Offene Han­dels­ge­sellschaft (OHG) (Gen­eral part­ner­ship)
• Kom­man­dit­ge­sellschaft (KG) (Lim­ited part­ner­ship)
• GmbH & Co. KG (Lim­ited part­ner­ship with a lim­ited lia­bil­ity com­pany as gen­eral part­ner)
• Tochterge­sellschaft (Sub­sidiary)
• Zweignieder­las­sung (Branch)
• etc.