Company and Business Registration
Organising and following through company or business registration files in Lebanon, alongside a lawyer, accountant and the official departments, within a clearly defined scope.
Company registration
What the service is
A service of organising and following through a file: identifying the core documents, assembling the file, coordinating dealings with the official departments, and following the administrative steps — alongside a lawyer, accountant or notary, according to the legal form and the activity.
A defined scopeWhat is handled directly and what goes through a lawyer or an accountant, settled before starting.
Fees, separatedGovernment fees and service fees presented separately, before work starts rather than after.
Alongside specialistsThe legal form, the articles and tax belong to a lawyer and an accountant.
From Lebanon or abroadSome steps can be done under a power of attorney; some may require attendance.
Who it is for
Who usually asks for it
Who arrives at this service, and what each of them needs from it.
Existing companies needing to amend or complete a registration file.
Lebanese abroad wanting to establish an entity in Lebanon who cannot attend the departments themselves.
When
When you need it
The situations this kind of file is usually asked for in.
- 01
Setting up a sole establishment or a small company. A file that needs assembling and following through several bodies.
- 02
Amending or completing an existing file. A registered company needing a correction, an addition, or a gap filled.
- 03
Setting up from abroad. You cannot attend the departments yourself, and the power of attorney is settled once its purpose is known.
- 04
When the company has premises or property. The property side is coordinated through the property services.
- 05
When the file needs coordinating between parties. A lawyer, an accountant and the official departments, with the roles clearly divided.
The property side
Company property the file can cover
Where the company has premises or property assets, that side is coordinated through the property services.
Offices and premises
Shops
Warehouses
Industrial premises
Land owned by the company
Leased premises
The work
What the work involves
- 01Identifying the core documents the file requires.
- 02Organising the file and its paperwork.
- 03Coordinating dealings with the official departments.
- 04Connecting the client to legal or accounting specialists where needed.
- 05Following certain administrative steps.
- 06Coordinating the property side where the company has premises or property assets.
Documents
Documents required
A reference list, not a precondition. Send what you have; what is missing is identified at review.
The nature of the activity
The work to be registered, which determines what the file requires.
The legal form you have in mind
Choosing it belongs to a lawyer and an accountant, but knowing it sets the path of the file.
Your lawyer or accountant, if you have one
Whether a specialist is already engaged, or you need connecting to one.
The core documents the departments require
Identified at review, according to the legal form and the activity.
Where the transaction is carried out
The competent departments differ by region, and that bears on the timeframe.
The outcome
What you receive
An organised file, followed through to its end, within an agreed scope.
Not legal, accounting or tax advice: the legal form, the articles and tax obligations belong to a lawyer and an accountant.
Tell me the property, the region and why the value is needed.
The file is reviewed first: documents required, scope of work, expected timeframe. No fee is quoted before that.