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OPEN A COMPANY IN LITHUANIA
AND START A BUSINESS IN EUROPE

The European Union is considered by many entrepreneurs as one of the best regions for business expansion and tax optimization. In order to start your business in the EU, you should consider opening or buying a company in Lithuania. The current list of ready-made companies is available here.

OPEN A COMPANY IN LITHUANIA
AND START A BUSINESS IN EUROPE

The European Union is considered by many entrepreneurs as one of the best regions for business expansion and tax optimization. In order to start your business in the EU, you should consider opening or buying a company in Lithuania. The current list of ready-made companies is available here.

Advantages of doing business in Lithuania

It is easy to start a business in Lithuania. Setting up or acquiring a company can be easy and fast. The whole process does not require much time or money from You. In addition, you will not have to experience a language barrier, due to the fact that many people in Lithuania speak English, Russian and Polish fluently.

It is easy to start a business in Lithuania. Setting up or acquiring a company can be easy and fast. The whole process does not require much time or money from You. In addition, you will not have to experience a language barrier, due to the fact that many people in Lithuania speak English, Russian and Polish fluently.

It is also important that the taxes in Lithuania – one of the lowest in the EU. Therefore, setting up of a company in this country is attractive for tax reasons.  The standard tax rate for companies in Lithuania is 5 or 15 percent of profits. Value added tax (VAT) amounts to 21 percent.

Lithuania actively uses technology, which simplifies the tasks of entrepreneurs and saves their time. Public services are almost fully available through electronic systems and it is possible to submit reports, fill in declarations, submit applications and other documents online.

Lithuania ranks 13th in among the countries rating in the world in terms of economic freedom 11th in terms of ease of starting a business and 2nd in Europe in terms of investment attractiveness. Lithuania is also on the 1st place among the countries of Eastern and Central Europe in the number of specialists in mathematics, science and technology.

World-famous companies have already set up their representative offices in Lithuania and are successfully operating:Western Union, Barсlays, NASDAQ, Thermofisher Scientific, IKEA, Lidl. Therefore, the setting up of a company in Lithuania – is a propel to the next level of Your business, corresponding to the highest standards.

ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN STARTUPS THAT ARE POPULAR IN LITHUANIA:

ICO/blockchain

Logistics

Hotels

FinTech

Restaurants

Information technology

PRICE OF SERVICES

Registration / sale of a new or established company, branch

650 EUR

Sale of an established company (full set of documents)

Company’s legal address

800 EUR

Sale of an established company (full set of documents)

Company‘s legal address

Purchase in normal order with a notary / in urgent order without a notary

Submission of documents to the Center of Registers

850 EUR

Sale of an established company (full set of documents)

Company‘s legal address

Purchase in normal order with a notary / in urgent order without a notary

Submission of documents to the Center of Registers

Stamp

Consultation on opening a bank account

Financial and legal consultation

Company registration and full support of your business!

FORMS OF INCORPORATION

Based on the above-mentioned facts, the decision about conducting business in Lithuania looks very profitable. But first of all You should think about the optimal legal form of the future company. There are not so many legal forms of companies in Lithuania, each of them has its advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, in our opinion, it is easy to choose. It is important to determine the goals of future activities. There is a list of possible forms of registered companies in Lithuania below:

Формы собственности

Основываясь на вышеизложенных фактах, решение о ведении бизнеса в Литве выглядит очень выгодным. Но прежде всего Вам следует подумать об оптимальной правовой форме будущей компании.  Правовых форм компаний в Литве не так много, каждая из них имеет свои преимущества и недостатки. Поэтому, на наш взгляд, выбрать несложно. Важно – определиться с целями будущей деятельности. Ниже представлен список возможных форм регистрируемых компаний в Литве:

The most popular form of legal entity is limited liability; The minimum authorized capital of a Closed joint stock company must be at least 2,500 Euros. The law foresees the maximum number of shareholders of a Closed joint stock company – no more than 250 shareholders. The management body is the Director, the head or the Board- collective management body can be created.

Legal entity with limited liability; Recently appeared in Lithuania and a little common legal form of legal entity. The law does not set the amount of contributions of members to the Small partnership, these contributions are set by the members of the Small partnership. Possible number of members: 1-10 members. The governing body is the Director, Manager or Members meeting. The responsibility of a Small partnership is limited, i.e. its members are not responsible for the unfulfilled obligations with their personal property.

Legal entity with unlimited liability; the law does not establish a mandatory minimum of authorized capital of an Individual enterprise. The main and only participant of the company is the owner of the company. The individual enterprise is managed by the Director, the manager -the owner of the company or the Director, the manager can be appointed by another person. The responsibility of the individual enterprise is unlimited, i.e. the owner is responsible for the unfulfilled obligations of the individual enterprise with his property. This is one of the main negative features of this legal form of a legal entity.

Legal entity with limited liability; the law establishes that the minimum authorized capital of the company must be at least 40 000 Euros. The number of shareholders is not limited, shares can be traded publicly. The management body of a Joint-Stock company is the Director, Manager or management Board. Limited liability, i.e. participants of the Joint Stock company (shareholders, owners, members) are not responsible for the obligations by their property.

The organization which has unlimited liability and cutoff accounting. The basis for the creation of (Full economic partnership)TŪB is a contract that unites individuals and legal entities with the purpose of organizing and conducting commercial activities. The number of members of economic partnership varies from 2 to 20 people. The authorized capital for the partnership is not mandatory

The legal form of ownership of the company has unlimited liability. Full-fledged members of the economic enterprises are responsible with all their property, and the members-kommanditors are responsible only by the part which passed to the kommandit economic partnership in accordance with the signed contract.

The most popular form of legal entity is limited liability; The minimum authorized capital of a Closed joint stock company must be at least 2,500 Euros. The law foresees the maximum number of shareholders of a Closed joint stock company – no more than 250 shareholders. The management body is the Director, the head or the Board- collective management body can be created.

Юридическое лицо с ограниченной ответственностью; Недавно в Литве появившаяся и мало распространённая правовая форма юридического лица. Закон не устанавливает величину взносов членов в Малое общество, их устанавливают сами члены Малого общества. Возможное количество членов: 1-10 членов. Органом управления является директор, руководитель или собрание членов. Ответственность Малого обшества ограниченная, т.  е. за невыполненные его обязанности его члены не отвечают своим личным имуществом.

Юридическое лицо с неограниченной ответственностью; В законе не устанавливается обязательный минимальный уставной капитал Индивидуального предприятия. Основным и единственным участником фирмы является собственник фирмы. Индивидуальным предприятием управляет директор, руководитель – собственник фирмы или директором, руководителем может быть назначено другое лицо. Ответственность индивидуального предприятия неограниченная, т. е. за невыполненные обязанности индивидуального предприятия отвечает собственник своим имуществом. Это один из основных отрицательных признаков этой правовой формы юридического лица.

Юридическое лицо с ограниченной ответственностью; В законе предвидено, что минимальный уставной капитал этой фирмы должен составлять не менее 40 000 Евро. Количество акционеров не ограничено, акциями можно торговать публично. Органом управления Акционерного обшества является директор, руководитель или правление. Ответственность ограниченая, т. е. за обязанности акционерного общества его участники (акционеры, собственники, члены) не отвечают своим имуществом.

Организация имеющая неограниченную ответственность и упрощенный бухгалтерский учет. Основой создания TŪB является договор, объединяющий физических и юридических лиц, имеющих целью организацию и ведение коммерческой деятельности. Количество членов хозяйственного товарищества варьируется от 2 до 20 человек. Уставной капитал для товарищества не является обязательным.

Юридическая форма собственности предприятия имеющая неограниченую ответственность. Действительные члены хозяйственного предприятия несут ответственность всем своим имуществом, а члены коммандиторы отвечают только частью, той которую передали в командитное хозяйственное товарищество в соответствии с подписанным договором.

1. Send a copy of your passport and address of the declared place of residence

2.Choose your preferred option for acquiring a company in Lithuania

3. In a week the company will be yours

Company registration in Lithuania

  • It consists of several stages. Choosing a legal form for your company, you should pay attention to the goals pursued by an entrepreneur starting a business in Lithuania.
  • To date, one of the most popular forms of legal entity in Lithuania is a closed joint stock company (CJSC). This is a legal entity with limited civil liability, i.e. closed joint stock company, which is liable to creditors only by the company’s property. This business form is focused on making a profit through the implementation of commercial activities. The process of registration of this company does not take much time, does not require significant authorized capital, and the company itself is quite easy to manage (since it does not necessarily have a Board of Directors), which provides simplicity and flexibility in making important decisions.
  • An individual enterprise may be an alternative for conducting small business, but a serious disadvantage of this legal form is unlimited liability. For the same reason (the existence of unlimited liability to some members) is not very attractive seem to be full and kommandit partnerships. Although a joint-stock company has limited liability, it is suitable mainly for large companies, since it requires significant funds for the formation of the authorized capital, and also assumes a more complex management structure. Small partnership is a relatively new legal form of companies in Lithuania. It is a legal entity with limited liability. Although no authorized capital is required to establish such a company, the founder of the company can only be individuals, and accounting is only in some cases easier than in a closed joint-stock company.
  • Registration of a representative office of a foreign company gives the entrepreneur very limited opportunities for doing business, since the representative office can not conduct commercial activities, but rather performs some representative or other functions. However, in certain cases the registration of a representative office is justified for tax reasons. Unlike a representative office, the branch may conduct commercial activities, but it is not an independent legal entity. But before you register a branch, you should carefully analyze the tax nuances that may arise both for the branch itself and for the registering company. Therefore, before setting up a company in Lithuania, you should weigh all the above aspects.
  • Pursuant to all the above reasons, as practice shows, foreign businessmen often register a closed joint stock company. One of the most important steps in the process of company registration in Lithuania is the choice of the sphere of activity in which the entrepreneur plans to work. A license is required to conduct certain types of activities in Lithuania. Therefore, this issue should be worked out in advance and consult with experts. It is also necessary to decide who will be the founders of the company. One individual or legal person, but not more than 250 shareholders, is sufficient to establish a closed joint stock company in Lithuania.
  • Thus, to set up a company in Lithuania (closed joint stock company) can, both individual and legal person. The authorized capital of the closed joint stock company is 2 500 euros. This amount will be available for transactions immediately after the execution of the company’s documents.
  • It should be noted that the Director of the company can only be an individual and the shareholder can be both legal and individual including a foreign one. Thus, foreign citizens can be both Directors and shareholders without restrictions.

The process of registering a company in Lithuania

1. Copies of the notarized certificate of registration of the founder and its Charter, a document on who has the right to provide a legal entity with a translation into the Lithuanian language;
2. Notarized power of attorney for the right to sign the constituent act( contract), Charter and registration, if the founder himself does not wish to appear to the Lithuanian notary;
3. Variants of the name of the established company. The name of the company must be written in Latin letters. It is advisable to prepare several possible variants and consult with us. The selected name should be reserved in the register of legal entities;
4. Prepare the Charter of the company. The requirements to the Charter are prescribed in the law of the Republic of Lithuania on joint stock companies. In addition to other information, the Charter should specify the activities of the company. They can be specified in a free form;
5. To determine the legal address in Lithuania. The company is not obliged to be or operate at this address, but the written consent of the owner of the premises is required to register the company at this address in Lithuania. For conducting business the company can use a different address but it is necessary to notify bout it by filling out a special form;
6. Specify name, surname, personal code (if any), passport number, address of the Director of the future closed joint stock company, attach a copy of his passport;
7. Specify the shareholder – the name of the parent company, its address, registration number. If other than the company involved and individuals (or if the participants are individual) — specify their name, surname, personal code (if applicable), passport number, address.
8. Draw up a constituent act (contract), which must provide for all the necessary items provided by law.
9. Open a savings account in the Bank and Deposit the amount of the authorized capital to the open account;
10. Fill in and sign the necessary forms for registration of the company in the Register of legal entities;
11. In accordance with the established procedure, notarize the documents and transfer the notarized and completed documents to the Register of legal entities.

BUY NEW COMPANY IN LITHUANIA

On the other hand, in order to avoid the procedure of registration of a new company, it is possible to open a company in Lithuania in a different, faster way. You can turn to specialists and buy a ready registered company in Lithuania with a minimum authorized capital and an open Bank account. In case of acquisition of a ready company in Lithuania, a share purchase agreement is drawn up, after which you can start using the ready company. Together with the acquired company and mandatory package of its constituent documents. This method of starting a business is faster but it is more expensive and, in addition, it is possible to carry out some reorganization activities. Thus, if necessary, it may be necessary to change the name of the company, increase the authorized capital, perform other transformations. All these procedures are not particularly difficult and can be performed by specialists in a fairly short time, but will require a lot of cash investments. Whether to start up a new company in Lithuania or to buy a ready enterprise -each entrepreneur decides independently, based on his preferences.

КУПИТЬ НОВУЮ КОМПАНИЮ В ЛИТВЕ

С другой стороны, во избежание процедуры регистрации новой компании, открыть фирму в Литве можно и иным, более быстрым способом. Можно обратиться к специалистам и купить уже готовую зарегистрированную компанию в Литве с минимальным уставным капиталом и открытым банковским счетом. В случае приобретения готовой компании в Литве оформляется договор купли-продажи акций, после чего можно начинать пользоваться уже готовой компанией. Вместе с компанией приобретается и обязательный пакет ее учредительных документов. Такой способ открытия бизнеса более быстрый, однако он более затратный и, к тому же, возможно проведение некоторых реорганизационных мероприятий. Так, при необходимости может понадобиться изменить название компании, увеличить уставной капитал, выполнить иные преобразования. Все эти процедуры не представляют особой сложности и могут быть выполнены специалистами в достаточно короткие сроки, однако потребут нмного больших денежных вложений. Открыть ли новую фирму в Литве или купить готовое предприятие – каждый предприниматель решает самостоятельно, исходя из своих предпочтений.

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