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Formation requirements:

1)At least 1 director (One Director must be a natural person).

2)At least 1 shareholder who can be an individual of any nationality or a corporate entity.

3)At least 1 company secretary who must be a HK company or a HK resident.

4)Registered address in Hong Kong is required.

5)Director and shareholder can be the same person or the same corporate entity.

6)Company names must end with "Limited". Shelf companies are available and it takes 1-2 days for document preparation. Or you may tailor-make the name of your choice which may take 5 days for incorporation.
Features of Hong Kong corporations:

1)The Companies Ordinance adopts a mandatory system of no-par for shares of all companies with a share capital.

2)Companies incorporated in Hong Kong are governed by the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

3)The articles of association are the legal documents of a company. They must be filed to Companies Registry at the time of incorporation.

4)The directors may grant special or general powers of attorney.

5)Shareholders and directors may hold their meetings in any country.

6)Annual filing of Annual Returns is mandatory.

7)Annual filing of Annual Profit Tax Return is mandatory.

8)Keeping accounting records is mandatory.

9)Corporate seal is optional.

10)SCR (Significant Controllers Register) is mandatory and every company must appoint a designated representative.
Maintenance requirements:

1)Duty to Business Registration Office - renew business registration.

2)Duty to Company Registry - file Annual Return.

3)Duty to Inland Revenue Department - file Tax Return and maintain proper accounting records for 7 years and file Employer's Return for payroll information.
Duties of company secretary:

1)Preparing minutes of a board meeting convening annual general meeting;

2)Preparing a notice of annual general meeting;

3)Preparing minutes of annual general meeting;

4)Preparing an annual return and submitting the same to the Companies Registry:

5)Ensuring that the requirements of the Companies Ordinance are properly complied with based on the information provided by the directors.
What we need from you

1)A company name (tailor-made or shelf)

2)Details of ultimate beneficial owner eg. name, full address, address proof, passport copy etc.

3)Details of directors and shareholders or we can provide our nominees

4)We usually appoint our company as the Company Secretary for your HK company

5)Details of holder of Power of Attorney if required
Procedure

1)A client should fill in and submit to us the Application Form for the details of proposed company name, shareholders, directors, secretary and registered office. Then we will check and confirm if the name is available.

2)We will prepare all the documents for incorporating a company, including Articles of Association, appointment of first directors and secretary, notice of registered office and application for business registration certificate.

3)The client will sign all the documents (but undated) and return the same back to us ( in case of client's director or shareholder).

4)We shall arrange the filing of the documents to the Companies Registry and apply for business registration certificate.

5)After obtaining the business registration certificate from the Inland Revenue Department, the corporate documents will be sent to the client, and then the company can be used.

6)We can arrange apostille and/or Consular legalization on company documents.

*For prices please refer to Our fee schedule

Hong Kong Company Formation