Registration of legal entities in Russian Federation

Registration of legal entities in Russian Federation

Registration of a legal entity is an important stage in development of business. Creation of a legal entity should take into consideration numerous various nuances (first of all, in the field of law).

The constitutive documents of a legal entity mean the business constitution, which primarily determines the development and internal life of the said legal entity and serves the major tools for settlement of any internal corporate situations of conflict.

For many years of their work, the experts of FORPOST Legal Consulting Firm have accumulated the great experience in creation of thousands of enterprises in any legal organisation forms, high qualification, and knowledge of nuances in the law-enforcement practice, which qualities enable us to solve any problems related to registration (creation) of legal entities.

Before starting preparation of the constitutive documents or alteration of the constitutive documents, which are provided by the client, our experts, if necessary, provide consultations on the following issues:

• selection of legal organisation form;
  
• problems related to residence of the administrative body of the legal entity;
  
• appointment and discharge of the chief executive officer of the legal entity;
  
• compliance with the procedures for preparation and arrangement of the meetings of shareholders (members) of the legal entity; and
  
• any other issues, which may be related to registration of the legal entity.
  

Russian legal entities

Creation of Russian legal entities is accounted for by the arising goals and objectives of the clients. FORPOST Legal Consulting Firm shall provide the following services for registration of both commercial and non-commercial legal entities:

• creation and support of activities of commercial organisations:
  - services related to creation of commercial organisations with Russian founders;
  - services related to creation of commercial organisations with foreign investors;
  - constitutive documents of commercial organisations; and
  - amalgamation and takeover (merger), separation, isolation, transformation of joint-stock companies or limited liability companies;
  
• ready-made closed joint-stock companies;
  
• creation and support of activities of non-commercial organisations:
  - public associations - creation of local, regional, interregional, and all-Russian public associations;
  - religious organisations;
  - partnerships of housing owners;
  - governmental educational institutions;
  - associations (unions);
  - funds, non-commercial partnerships, and other legal organisation forms of non-commercial organisations;
  - making amendments to the constitutive documents of non-commercial organisations; and
  - reorganisation of non-commercial organisations;
  
• branch offices and representative offices of Russian legal entities;
  
• liquidation of legal entities; and
  
• provision of additional services:
  - publication of information;
  - registration with the Moscow City Small Business Subjects Register; and
  
• licences.