About company-in-monaco.com
An English-language practice that prepares and steers Monegasque business authorisation files for founders who do not live in Monaco, and the company, premises, licensing and residence work that hangs off them.
What we do
The authorisation. The autorisation d'exercer (business authorisation) fixes the activity, the people and the premises. Activity wording, the founder's file, the notary, the RCI entry: company formation in Monaco is the file we prepare.
Forms and changes. A change of gérant, of premises or of object, then a liquidation when the business closes. What each form demands of a founder, choosing a company form, we explain.
An existing business. Companies, SAM shareholdings and a fonds de commerce change hands; the authorisation does not. buying an existing Monaco business we coordinate, from the search to the seller's side.
Premises and the bank. The authorisation names an address and the address must satisfy it, so premises and domiciliation come first. The account-opening dossier we assemble.
Licences and the founder. A CCAF or digital-asset licence, a trade mark, VAT and NIS registration, and the founder's residence card when the founder moves too: each file we steer.
What we are not
Two requests arrive often enough to have guides of their own: why we arrange no nominee gérant or shareholder, and who may keep the accounts.
- Not a law firm: avocat-défenseur and avocat are reserved by Loi n° 1.047 of 1982.
- Not a notarial office: a notaire is state-appointed under the Ordonnance of 4 March 1886.
- Not an accountancy practice: expert-comptable is a protected title, Loi n° 1.231 of 2000.
- Not a bank: the banking trade is reserved by Loi n° 594 of 1954.
- Not a family office: we set one up for a client, and are not one.
| The title we do not hold | The text that reserves it | What we do instead |
|---|---|---|
| Avocat-défenseur or avocat, a law firm | Loi n° 1.047 of 28 July 1982 on the exercise of those professions, with Ordonnance n° 8.089 of 1984 | Assemble and file the dossier. Advice and assistance in legal, tax or financial matters are themselves an authorised activity (Loi n° 1.144, Art. 8) |
| Notaire, a notarial office | Ordonnance of 4 March 1886 on the notariat; the offices are state-appointed | Book the notary where the form calls for a notarial deed, and carry the file to the appointment |
| Expert-comptable or comptable agréé, an accountancy practice | Loi n° 1.231 of 12 July 2000, which protects both titles and organises the profession | Prepare the tax, VAT and NIS registrations. The accounts themselves belong to a member of the order |
| A bank or credit institution | Loi n° 594 of 15 July 1954 on the banking trade, with Ordonnance Souveraine n° 13.889 of 1999 | Assemble the account-opening file and the questions a Monegasque bank asks before it decides. The bank decides |
| "Multi family office" or "MFO" | Loi n° 1.439 of 2 December 2016, Art. 8: using either designation without the authorisation the law requires carries six days to three months' imprisonment | Prepare the structure a family sets up, and apply neither designation to ourselves. Setting one up is not being one |
How a file moves through us
The clock is statutory. The decision at the end of it is not, so no date is promised here.
1. The activity. You tell us what the business will do, who will run it and where. The wording of the activity is what an authorisation grants, so it is settled first.
2. Form and premises. The authorisation fixes both, and a later change to either one calls for a fresh authorisation. They are decided in one conversation, not in sequence.
3. Filed. The dossier goes to the Direction du Développement Économique. Admissibility is notified within 5 working days, the decision is due 45 days later, extendable once by 45 (Loi n° 1.144, Art. 5).
4. Decision and register. The notary draws the deed where the form needs one, the company is entered in the Répertoire du Commerce et de l'Industrie and the notice runs in the Journal de Monaco.
5. After the decision. The NIS number, the declaration of existence, the social funds, the bank file. Added up, the periods run two to three months for an SARL or SURL, four to six for a SAM.
Who does the work
Each page names its author and a second person who read it: the three people who do the work.
Where we are, and how to reach us
Monaco is the only jurisdiction we work in. English is the working language of the site and of every conversation, while every filing goes in in French, which is the part we prepare. Enquiries reach us at [email protected], and fees are quoted on request.
Start your Monaco file
Tell us the activity, where it will be carried on and who will run it. One of us reads it and comes back with the questions the authorisation file will ask. Our fees are on request.
The authorisation is personal and non-transferable, and it names the activity and the premises. Nothing on this site is sold ready to trade.
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