The 2026 International Company Formation Guide
A practical overview of choosing jurisdictions, structuring your company and opening international bank accounts.
Coutts Consultants
Closing a Dubai company requires coordinated cancellation of the commercial licence and associated tax, immigr...
Foreign corporate and personal documents used in Dubai may require certification, legalisation or attestation...
Organised corporate records help Dubai companies maintain accurate ownership, management, resolutions, constit...
Dubai companies need an approved business address or facility appropriate to their licensing jurisdiction and...
Changes to ownership, managers, activities, name or constitutional documents require formal amendment through...
Dubai trade and commercial licences require periodic renewal with the relevant mainland or free-zone authority...
Dubai entities within scope must maintain and update ultimate beneficial ownership and shareholder/partner inf...
Hong Kong companies must file annual returns with the Companies Registry within the applicable statutory timet...
Every Hong Kong company must have a company secretary meeting the statutory requirements, making professional...
Official company searches, image records and certified corporate documents are commonly required for banking,...
Disciplined corporate records support Hong Kong compliance and provide an auditable history of ownership, offi...
A defunct solvent private company may qualify for deregistration after its business, liabilities, assets and t...
A company subject to the Significant Controllers Register regime must have a qualifying designated representat...
Hong Kong documents intended for overseas use may require notarisation and apostille depending on the document...
A Hong Kong company requires a registered office in Hong Kong for statutory communications and corporate recor...
Share transfers and changes to directors, secretary, registered office, company name, articles or capital requ...
Hong Kong incorporated companies within scope must identify significant controllers and maintain an up-to-date...
Trust or company service activities carried on as a business in Hong Kong are subject to the TCSP licensing fr...
Irish companies must file an annual return with the CRO. For most companies the filing is accompanied by finan...
Irish companies and certain societies must identify their beneficial owners, maintain an internal register and...
An Irish company can change its registered name subject to CRO name rules, the required corporate approval and...
A struck-off Irish company may in appropriate circumstances be restored through the available administrative o...
Irish companies must have a company secretary. The role supports statutory records, annual returns, board and...
Irish companies can in qualifying circumstances re-register from one company type to another. The process can...
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