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Corporate Secretarial Services

We help you mantain legal compliance and ethical integrity, which is a critical matter for effective corporate governance. 

Corporate Secretarial services are the backbone that maintain a legal entity in compliance with local rules and also handles all administrative tasks. At H&CO we provide the comfort that when operating abroad your entities will remain compliant by following the legal and compliance standards in each jurisdiction. 

Corporate Secretarial services typically include managing corporate records, facilitating board and shareholder meetings, maintaining regulatory filings, and overseeing the implementation of corporate policies.  

H&CO’s Corporate Secretarial Services help businesses navigate complex regulatory systems and maintain their legal standing in one or more jurisdictions. They play a key role by keeping the company in line with local demands in various countries allowing it to operate and achieve it’s objectives. 

Banking

Banking internationally is a vital part of global operations, but when entering a new country setting up bank accounts can be one of the more daunting tasks.  At H&CO we help our clients ensure they are opening a bank account with the correct financial institution which expertise on global banking will avoid future problems from paying out employees salaries, local providers and suppliers or sending profits to the headquarter. 

Registered Agent

At H&CO we provide Registered Agent Services allowing us to receive legal documents and correspondence on behalf of our clients. This gives H&CO clients the comfort in knowing we are there to recieve and store legal documents like tax forms, lawsuits, and government notices and also notify members and managers about any correspondece received under the name of their company.  

We act as the point of contact of the entity with the state/country and ensure legal compliance and protect the privacy of its members. 

Registered Office

Often when operating abroad a company doesn’t want to use their own address for official correspondence or doesn’t have a physical location. H&CO can provide an official address of an incorporated company. A registered physical office address is required for incorporated organizations to receive official correspondence and formal notices from government departments, investors, banks, shareholders, and the public. 

Generally, the registered office address does not have to be where the organization conducts its actual business or trade which provides flexibility to company choose their domicile.  

Regulatory Filings

Entity Management is at the core of what H&CO does by overseeing and administering the entities of our clients around the world. When expanding and operating abroad, managing entities can be complex due to the need of staying in compliant with different regulatory frameworks.  

By utilizing H&CO’s local expertise the complexity of global entity management is simplified. We’ll keep your company in a good standing by accurately meeting and filling all necessary procedures such as corporate governance, statutory filings and compliance-related reporting.  This will help you to avoid heavy penalties and even potentially have your business shut down by local authorities. 

Operational Setup Services

Incorporation is only the first step for an entity to become operationally ready. H&CO puts together a plan with our clients to understand their objectives and align them with the true local requirements to develop a reliable timeline so that they can plan accordingly.  

Typically a business that plans on employing people and/or generating revenue needs to be prepared to make additional registrations or extra steps to become operationally ready to operate, these vary by location and a companies requirements but typically include: 

• Bank Account opening 

• Putting in place a local Legal Rep, Power of Attorney, and/or Director 

• Registrations including to be an employer, tax/vat and other areas depending on countries 

• Determining and putting in place employee benefits 

• Licenses needed to operate  

• Finding office space (if needed) 
• Having a solution for ongoing operations like Payroll, accounting and tax, and entity management to keep your business operating 

Employer of Record (EOR)

For many companies testing a market for growth or looking for back office support means hiring employees. Alternatively, you may have just found that the best talent sits in a country where you don’t have a setup. H&CO’s Employer of Record (EOR) services are here to help you enter a country quickly and compliantly putting together a seemless plan for you to recruit and hire your first employees. 

We handle the details of setting up and operating local employment regulations, payroll, benefits, and compliance while you focus on your business objectives.  In addition if and when you are ready for an entity we can seemlessly help you transition. 

Global Guidance & Consulting

International Expansion is often a key strategy for growth objectives of a company whether that be to enter into new markets, access talent, a result of M&A, or to follow a key client.  H&CO’s team of experts in International Business and Expansion are here to support no matter if you are at the stage of knowing which country you want to enter or still determining your global plans. 

H&CO can assist with evaluating market entry choices and strategies, mobility, structuring and choices of entities, Global tax consulting, process setup and implementation and compliance consulting and much more.  

If you need guidance operating outside your home country contact our team for the expertise you’ve been looking for. 

Transfer Pricing

Transfer pricing is a key area of compliance for multinational companies (MNE) that operate in different countries. They need to demonstrate that their business model and their transfer pricing policies are consistent across jurisdictions. Tax authorities around the world are scrutinizing cross-border transactions more closely, so MNE needs to plan, structure, implement, document, comply and defend their transfer pricing position well. H&CO offers the services to help MNE manage their transfer pricing needs effectively.

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