Moldova Company Formation in 2023

Individual approach to each application for the registration of a new company and high quality service.

WE REGISTER ALL TYPES OF COMPANIES, SUCH AS JSC, LLC, SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES AND REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES OF FOREIGN COMPANIES.

Registration of Limited Liability Companies (LLC);

A limited liability company is a commercial enterprise whose share capital is divided into social parts according to the act of incorporation and whose obligations are guaranteed by the company’s asset

Registration of Joint Stock Companies (JSC);

A joint-stock company is a commercial enterprise whose share capital is divided into stocks and whose obligations are guaranteed by the company’s patrimony.

Registration of Branches and Representative Offices of foreign companies.

A representative office is a separate subdivision of a legal entity, located outside its main location, operating on a permanent basis, having its own management and the necessary material support for the implementation of part or all of the activities of the legal entity.

You can find more information about the forms of entrepreneurial activity in Moldova in a separate article.

COMPANY FORMATION IN MOLDOVA ON A TURNKEY BASIS

We come to your support to ensure you a good start in the business environment by offering you qualified legal services in the field of establishing companies in Moldova, including:

Preparation of all pre-registration documents;

Representation of your interests in front of the Public Services Agency;

Registering data about the new company to government agencies, such as:

– National Bureau of Statistics;
– Social fund;
– Tax Service;

Opening temporary/permanent bank accounts.

RELATED SERVICES:

Registration of the modifications in the company’s constitutional documents;

Registration of reorganization of the legal entities;

Registration of the suspension of the activity of the legal entity.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR COMPANY FORMATION IN MOLDOVA

For the state registration of the legal entities, the following documents should be submitted:
• identity cards of the founders or of their representatives, entitled by a power of attorney authenticated as prescribed by law, as well as of the legal entity’s director;
• an application of registration filled in according to a model approved by the state registration body;
• a decision of constitution and the articles of association of the legal entity, subject to the legal form of organization;
• the information about the actual beneficiary / beneficiaries, in accordance with Law no. 308/2017 on the prevention and combating of money laundering and the financing of terrorism;
• a bill confirming payment of the registration fee.

Note: In cases when foreign citizens are founders or director, they also must present valid national passport with valid visa, or if they are citizens of countries with which Moldova has free visa regime, should have in passport Border Guard’s stamp from entering in country. The term of staying for the last category should not exceed 90 days from the date of first entry. For applicants, foreign nationals who already have right of residence, is necessary to present valid residence permit.

For the state registration of the legal entities with foreign investments, additionally to the application shall be enclosed the following documents:

a)the extract from the national register of the investor’s country of origin;
b)the constitutional documents of the foreign legal entity;
The documents listed in points a) – b) have to be submitted in original or in copies authenticated by a notary and apostilled or legalized by the consular offices of the Republic of Moldova abroad, being translated into the romanian language.
Foreign official documents drawn up on the territory of the states members of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, signed on 05.10.1961, and which Moldova is a party to, on which an apostil is affixed in the conditions stated by this Convention, are accepted for registration without any additional extra legalization. This provision also applies to the extracts and copies of these documents.
Exceptions are the documents issued by the authorities of the countries members of CIS, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Check Republic, Azerbaijan, with which the Republic of Moldova has entered into agreements in this domain, and according to which the official documents are recognized on the territory of the Republic of Moldova without any apostil or extra legalization.
In case if the attorney is acting on the behalf of the founder (founders), he has to present a relevant power of attorney. When incorporating a Limited Liability Company, the director can not represent the associate.
The documents for the state registration are drawn up into the romanian language and are submitted to the state registration authority by the founder or by his representative, entitled by a power of attorney as prescribed by law.
The documents for the incorporation are considered submitted when they are received by the Public Services Agency territorial offices.