Blackstones

Blackstones is Poland's premier provider of ready made companies. Our team includes English solicitors with almost 20 years experience in Poland.

Services  include:

• Ready made companies and shelf companies
  
• Establishment of new companies and partnerships
  
• Administration and legal compliance
  
• Tax registration
  
• Court registration
  
• Bookkeeping and payroll

More details:

Establish a Polish business / incorporating a Polish business entity / form a Polish company / buy a Polish shelf company

We provide Polish ready made companies. We can also establish any kind of corporate entity in Poland.  Available types of business entity in Poland include:

• Limited company
  
• Limited partnership
  
• Public limited company
  
• Partnership
  
• Branch office
  
• Representative office
  
• Sole trader registration
  
• Offshore company
  
• Company secretarial administration

For company secretarial and accounting support We charge fixed fees set against the scope of support needed. The fee is low compared to standard costs for matters which would otherwise be dealt with individually. Alternatively, we can deal with individual matters as they arise, again with fixed fees.

Your Polish company may need help with:

• Annual general meeting of shareholders ( AGM )
  
• Other shareholder meetings needed to arrange, for example
  
• Appointment and removal of directors
  
• Appointment of proxies to sign agreements
  
• Payment of directors' fees
  
• Change of name
  
• Capital increase, capital decrease, additional payments
  
• Approval of sale or purchase of shares
  
• Approval of sale or purchase of real estate
  
• Providing bank security
  
• Approval of contracts with third parties above agreed financial thresholds
  
• Change of accounting year
  
• Appointment of auditor
  
• Liquidation of the company
  
• Filing documents at the registration court
  
• Filing notifications at the tax office (not monthly tax returns)
  
• Filing notifications at the state statistical office ( REGON )
  
• Filing notifications at the social security office ( ZUS )
  
• Arranging for legalization and apostille of documents for use in other jurisdictions
  
• Registered office facilities
  
• A Polish business entity is required to have a registered address. We can provide an address in the central business district in Warsaw. We also offer:
  
• post holding and post forwarding facilities
  
• registered addresses in other cities
  
• virtual office facilities
  
• Nominees

Each company must have a board of directors. From an operational point of view, it often makes sense for at least one director to be in Poland.

If you do not want to recruit a local director we can nominate a senior, professionally qualified individual to act as a nominee director. The scope of that persons authority can be clearly set. For example, the nominee may be authorized only to sign certain formal documents or to deal with local payments only up to a certain amount.

We can provide this support on an ongoing basis or for a short period following acquisition of a shelf company. Often, during the first stages of market entry following purchase of a new company, this can be useful.

We can also provide a nominee shareholder where appropriate.

Unwanted Companies

When a company or partnership reaches the end of its usefulness, we can assist with the whole process of winding-up the company. As an alternative (favoured by many clients), we can purchase the unwanted company, delivering an immediate exit for the shareholders and directors.

Purchase of shares

Because liquidation proceedings can be lengthy, time consuming and costly, a company owner may prefer to have an immediate exit from involvement in the company. We offer this solution. We purchase the unwanted company and then liquidate it ourselves.

This provides:

• immediate exit for the shareholders and directors
  
• removal of the shares from the shareholders balance sheet
  
• cost savings

This eliminates:

• management involvement in lengthy winding-up proceedings
  
• continuing costs
  
• further risks

After we take over ownership of the shares in the company we proceed to liquidate the company ourselves without the further involvement of the owner.

Of course, these services are undertaken against an agreed fixed fee.

Liquidation

If we do not acquire the shares in the unwanted company, we can be engaged to:

• accept formal appointment as liquidator
  
• manage the liquidation process
  
• supervise asset disposals
  
• make payments to creditors
  
• liaise with liquidation accountants
  
• agree and process third party liquidation costs
  
• file de-registrations and other formal notifications
  
• handle the preparation of all required documentation