Updated September 2026
Foreign-investor problems often begin before filing: the wrong activity, unsuitable premises, weak partner protections or a power of attorney that cannot be used.
Ten mistakes
- Selecting the cheapest structure instead of the correct one.
- Failing to check activity and foreign-ownership restrictions.
- Using a nominal partner without a real legal arrangement.
- Relying only on template articles without a shareholders’ agreement.
- Issuing an incomplete or incorrectly legalised power of attorney.
- Signing a long lease before checking licensing.
- Treating the commercial register as the end of compliance.
- Confusing share ownership, residence and work authorisation.
- Choosing unrealistic capital for the actual business.
- Ignoring tax, banking and related-party funding rules.
Pre-formation protection
Prepare an activity-and-licence memo, compare entities, verify the beneficial owners and partners, budget formation and operation, document exit rules, and align the tax, banking and immigration plan.
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