Company formation in Greece

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Company registration in Greece: start a business in Greece
How to set up a company in Greece?

How to set up a company in Greece?

Depending on the nature of your activity in Greece, the type of structure that best suits your project on the Greek market (liaison or representative office, subsidiary, branch), and the legal form of business in Greece that you will choose (sole proprietorship, limited liability company, etc...), the administrative procedures and formalities for the formation of the company in Greece may vary. Generally, the steps to create and register a company in Greece are:

  • Choice of the legal form under Greek law and the social capital
  • Drafting the company statutes in Greek.
  • Opening a Greek bank account
  • Registering the company in the Greek trade register
  • Obtaining a Greek tax identification number

After these steps of creation, you will receive all the necessary legal documents attesting the legal existence of your company or subsidiary in Greece. Your Greece business will also have to meet the specific accounting requirements of Greek business law.

Greece: Merger & Acquisition (M&A)

Setting up your business in Greece and starting from scratch to develop it in the Greek market can be an exciting challenge, but it can also be time consuming. Sometimes it is more interesting and faster to acquire a Greek competitor that is already well established in the Greek market. It is therefore necessary to study the Greek market carefully to detect the most interesting companies.

To create a company in Greece, it is strongly advised to be accompanied by a Greek lawyer or an Greek expert who will be able to save you many problems in front of the subtleties of the Greek business law. 

nativExpand is your gateway to facilitate the creation of your company in Greece. Thanks to a network of experts in company incorporation on the Greek market, we will accompany you and put you in contact with a Greek professional, ideally an English speaker or speaking your language.

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Setting up a subsidiary or branch in Greece requires several steps: analysis of the economic model of the project for the Greek market, the choice of the legal structure in Greece, the registration of the company in the Greek trade register, the opening of a Greek bank account and the tax and accounting formalities in Greece with the specificities of the Greek law.

Before being able to domicile your company in Greece, you must first set up a company in Greece with a legal entity under Greek law.

To be accompanied by professionals (a Greek lawyer) is essential to succeed in setting up in Greece and to develop your subsidiary on the Greek market. nativExpand connects you with a Greek expert from its international network.