Your EU subsidiary, run from Lisbon for its first year.
One contract, one fixed fee, one report to head office. For groups from Brazil, India, the Gulf, the US and Turkey opening their first operation in the European Union.
One fixed monthly fee for the first year. Second year from €1,000 a month.
- Entity registered, banked and VAT-ready
- Accounting, tax and payroll for 12 months
- Registered address, secretary and a compliance contact in Portugal
- A Quarterly Entity Report to head office
Groups with revenue from €5–10 million, opening in the EU
The programme is built for an established group taking one of three first steps into the European Union.
Opening sales
A sales office or team that invoices EU customers from an EU entity, with VAT and VIES in place from the first invoice.
A warehouse
Stock held in the EU, with EORI for customs and VAT set up for imports and intra-EU supplies.
A service operation
A delivery, support or engineering team in Portugal serving the group and its clients across the EU.
A founder or a smaller company? Our company formation and formation and first year packages are the better fit.
Four things the board can rely on
- One contractOne agreement with the parent company covers the entity, its compliance and its first year.
- One fixed feeAgreed in writing before work starts. No hourly billing.
- One accountable personA named person in Lisbon answers for every deadline and every filing.
- A quarterly reportThe Quarterly Entity Report: one page on status, deadlines and next steps, with annexes.
Eight steps from brief to first report
We run every step. Head office signs and decides; we do the rest.
- Written brief
Head office sends the group structure, the planned activity and the timing.
- Proposal
Tier, scope, fee and timeline, in writing.
Within 1 business day - Contract
One contract signed with the parent company, and work starts.
- Entry memo
The right structure (Lda or branch), the tax and VAT set-up and the intra-group payments, agreed in writing.
- Registration and NIF
NIF for the non-resident shareholder, the entity on the commercial register, beneficial owners in the RCBE.
- Bank, VAT, EORI, VIES
Bank account opened; VAT, EORI and VIES in place before the first invoice.
- First employees
Segurança Social, contracts and payroll for the first 1–3 people; IFICI applications for relocated specialists.
- First Quarterly Entity Report
Status, deadlines and next steps on one page, sent to head office.
What the programme covers
Nine blocks of work for the first twelve months. The tier table below shows which tier includes which.
Entry memo
- The right structure: Lda or branch
- Remote team and contracts, set up right
- Tax and VAT set-up
- Intra-group payments
Registration
- Entity registered
- NIF for the non-resident shareholder
- Beneficial owners in the RCBE
- Bank account
- VAT, EORI and VIES
Substance
- Registered address
- Corporate secretary
- Mail handling
- Compliance contact person in Portugal
The entity is run by the people the group appoints, with our team supporting them on the ground.
Accounting and tax, 12 months
- Certified accountant (contabilista certificado)
- Periodic tax returns
- IES
- Annual accounts
Payroll
- First 1–3 employees
- Segurança Social registration
- IFICI application for relocated specialists
Intra-group
- Intra-group agreement
- Transfer-pricing memo
UBO file for the bank
- Beneficial ownership file for the bank’s KYC team
- Prepared with the AMLR in mind: Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 applies from 10 July 2027
Quarterly Entity Report
- One page: status, deadlines and next steps
- Annexes with the filings and documents behind it
Written memos
- Up to 4 a year on head-office requests
- Each answered in writing
Add more when the group needs it
The same team takes on the next steps as the operation grows, each with its own written proposal.
- LitigationCourt and arbitration work.
- M&AAcquisitions, mergers and disposals.
- Regulated licencesLicensing of regulated activities.
- More memosAdditional written memos whenever head office needs them.
Open prices for the first year
A fixed monthly fee for the first twelve months.
Landing
The entity set up and kept compliant for the year: registration, bank, VAT, substance, accounting and tax.
Request a proposalOperating
The full scope: entity, accounting and tax, payroll for the first hires, intra-group agreement and transfer pricing, and the Quarterly Entity Report.
Request a proposalRegional
Operating, plus a branch or a second country (Spain), and up to 10 written memos a year.
Request a proposal| Included | Landing | Operating | Regional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry memo | Included | Included | Included |
| Registration, NIF, RCBE, bank, VAT, EORI, VIES | Included | Included | Included |
| Substance: address, secretary, mail, compliance contact | Included | Included | Included |
| Accounting and tax for 12 months | Included | Included | Included |
| UBO file for the bank, prepared with AMLR in mind | Included | Included | Included |
| Payroll for the first 1–3 employees, IFICI | In a higher tier | Included | Included |
| Intra-group agreement and transfer-pricing memo | In a higher tier | Included | Included |
| Quarterly Entity Report | In a higher tier | Included | Included |
| Written memos on head-office requests | Up to 4 | Up to 4 | Up to 10 |
| A branch or a second country (Spain) | In a higher tier | In a higher tier | Included |
What head office receives every quarter
The Quarterly Entity Report puts the entity on one page: what is done, what falls due next and what needs a decision. The annexes hold the filings and documents behind it.
- StatusRegistration, bank, VAT, EORI, VIESDonePayroll, first two employeesDone
- Deadlines, next 90 daysPeriodic VAT returnDueRCBE annual confirmationDue
- Next steps and decisions for head office
- Annexes
Send the brief. Get a written proposal.
Tier, scope, fee and timeline in writing within one business day. One contract, one fixed fee, one report to head office.