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Relocating a business abroad

Relocating a business to another country

We help entrepreneurs set up their business abroad: choose a country, build the corporate and banking structure, prepare the transfer of operations and the move of the owner or the team.

We start from your situation: where your clients are, how payments flow, who runs the company and what must be preserved in the move.

Reviewing a business structure at a meeting with BRIDGES consultants

Every business has its own reason to relocate

One company enters a new market. Another moves together with its owner. For a third, the current structure gets in the way of payments, work with partners or hiring. The whole plan depends on the starting goal.

A new market

A presence where your future clients, partners and employees are.

The owner relocates

The personal move is aligned with running the company and its day-to-day work.

International payments

Banking solutions for the specific activity, payment geography and ownership structure.

Part of the operations and team

Some functions move, while others stay in the existing structure.

We bring every part of the business into one plan

In a move it matters to keep what daily work rests on: client contracts, the ability to receive payments, the team and management. So we look at the future company together with the existing business and the owner’s plans.

  1. 01Company and ownership structure

    We work out whether a new company is needed, how it will connect to the existing business and which obligations will stay with the former legal entity. Whether the company itself can be moved we assess separately, taking both jurisdictions into account.

  2. 02Bank and payments

    We take into account in advance the company’s activity, its owners, client countries and the nature of transactions: the banking part is prepared together with the choice of structure. The decision to open an account is made by the bank after its own review.

  3. 03Contracts and employees

    We decide what to do with existing contracts, rights to developments and the team’s work. We check where new agreements, approvals and permits will be needed.

  4. 04The owner and family

    If the entrepreneur moves personally, we link the business plan with residence, company management and the personal tax position. Family matters are included where they genuinely affect the move.

Which country will suit your business

For one company, access to European clients is decisive. For another, hiring conditions, banking or the owner’s ability to live close to the business matter more. So we compare countries against your activity and plans.

The criteria we compare

  • Clients and markets
  • Banks and payments
  • Management and taxes
  • Team and actual presence
  • Owner’s residence
  • Launch and running costs

Destinations with their own pages

We also consider Spain, Greece and other jurisdictions: BRIDGES works worldwide and does not limit the analysis to a preset list of countries.

Business district of a modern city

Relocating a business means corporate, banking and immigration work in one package

How the work runs

Four stages: from reviewing the existing business to launching the new structure.

  1. 1We review the situation

    The existing business, owners, clients, payments, team and the goal of the move.

  2. 2We compare options

    Suitable countries and ways of organising the business, constraints and the scope of work.

  3. 3We prepare the plan

    The sequence of corporate, banking, contractual and immigration steps.

  4. 4We support the transition

    Launching the new structure and further tasks within the agreed scope.

What becomes clear after the first review

The first conversation is not about naming a country. It is there so you see your task as a whole and understand what the work and the budget will consist of.

Frequently asked questions

If your question is not here, ask it in a request, and we will answer for your situation.

Not always. The former legal entity often keeps working, for example to serve current contracts or the local market. The decision depends on which obligations remain with it and how this looks from the point of view of both countries. We work this out before the process begins.

Yes, this is a common option. What relates to new clients, payments or management is placed in the new country, and the rest stays where it was. The split must look well founded to the banks and tax authorities of both jurisdictions.

Not in every case. But if management and decisions in fact remain in the former country, this affects the company’s tax position and how banks treat it. So we consider the move together with the structure, not separately.

The prospects can be assessed in advance: banks look at the company’s activity, the geography of clients and payments, the ownership structure and the origin of funds. We prepare these materials beforehand. The decision is made by the bank after its own review, and no one can guarantee it.

Contracts are reissued, assigned or concluded anew, depending on the terms of the contracts themselves and the consent of the counterparties. For employees, we determine who moves, who is hired locally and which permits are needed. This is a separate part of the plan with its own timeline.

On the chosen country and form of business, on bank checks, on the need for permits and licences, and on arranging status for the owner and the team. Some steps run in parallel. There is no single timeline for every business.

The work of consultants on your task, registration steps in the chosen country, the services of specialists, preparation of the banking part and ongoing maintenance of the structure. The scope depends on the task, so we put the estimate together after reviewing your situation.

INITIAL ASSESSMENT

Tell us what outcome your family needs

We will design a solution for your case, choose the country and the right status, and take the whole process through to the result.

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Anna Kovalevskaya, lead lawyer at BRIDGES GLOBAL
Anna KovalevskayaLead lawyer, citizenship and residency, 12 years of practice