Market Entry & Company Formation
German company formation, registrations with the relevant authorities and coordination with your notary, bank and tax advisor.
Company formation and registration
Legal Structure Advisory
GmbH vs. branch office vs. sole proprietorship or partnership — we analyse the tax, liability, and operational implications for your specific situation and provide a written recommendation.
Notary Coordination
We prepare the notarisation appointment, coordinate the notary, and represent you with notarised power of attorney if you cannot attend in person.
Commercial Register & Trade Registration
Submission of documents to the Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (Berlin), trade registration including review of activities requiring special permits.
Tax Registration
Coordination of tax registration with the tax office (Finanzamt) via our partner tax advisors — obtaining your tax number (Steuernummer) and VAT ID (USt-IdNr).
Business Bank Account
Support in selecting and opening a German business account and preparing the records required by the bank.
Virtual Business Address
Until you have your own premises, we provide our Berlin address as an address for service (ladungsfähige Anschrift).
Steps to company formation
Initial Consultation & Needs Assessment
We discuss your business model and planned activities in Germany. You receive a written recommendation on the legal structure.
Document Preparation
Collecting and obtaining apostilles for the required documents from your home country — commercial register extract, articles of association, ID copies of the shareholders. We provide a complete checklist.
Notary Appointment & Notarisation
Coordination and support at the notary appointment. Representation with notarised power of attorney if needed. Payment of share capital (minimum €25,000 for a GmbH, of which at least €12,500 must be paid in at formation).
Commercial Register Entry
Submission of notarised documents to the registration court. Registration typically takes two to four weeks.
Government Registrations
We coordinate trade registration, tax registration, registration with the statutory accident insurer (Berufsgenossenschaft) where applicable, and bank account opening.
Handover & Ongoing Support
All relevant documents and access credentials are handed over. On request, we take on ongoing bookkeeping, payroll, and government liaison services.
For companies and investors
Companies entering the German market for the first time who want to establish their own legal structure.
International groups setting up subsidiaries or branch offices in Germany.
Investors holding real estate or investment assets through a German GmbH.
Firms in construction or trade that must meet sector-specific requirements (SOKA-BAU, BG BAU).
Companies posting employees to Germany who need a local employer structure.
For international company formation, we support the preparation of apostilles, translated documents and records required by the bank.
Further services for your company
Discuss company formation in Germany
Describe your plans. We will agree the required documents and next steps with you.
Prepare your company formation