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Registration of a representative office of a foreign company in Ukraine

One of the main activities of Misechko & Partners, Law Firm is the registration of foreign representative offices and their further support.
 
On 03 September 2024, the significant changes were made to the procedure for registering foreign representative offices, as Law of Ukraine No. 3257-IX came into force, which changed the registration procedure and the authority that carries out such registration.
 
From now on, starting from 03 September 2024, the registration of a foreign representative office is carried out by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, and the powers of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine in terms of registration of foreign representative offices have been terminated.
 
As before, the registration of a foreign representative office is carried out in two stages: at the first stage, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine registers the representative office, and then, after receiving the Registration Certificate, such representative office must be registered with the statistics authorities, tax and pension funds.  
 
The services we provide include:
  • preparation and submission of the necessary documents to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine;
  • registration with the statistical authorities;
  • registration with the tax authorities and the Pension Fund;
  • ordering of a seal.
The cost of legal support of the procedure for opening a representative office of a foreign company in Ukraine is EUR 1500.00. 
 
Also, after the opening of a foreign representative office, Misechko & Partners is ready to provide services for opening a bank account.
 
Additionally, upon request, we provide a legal address and accounting services for the representative office.
 
List of required documents:
  • a decision to establish a representative office of a foreign company;
  • an extract from the trade (bank) register of the country of the head company's location;
  • ownership structure of the head company;
  • a notarized copy of the passport of the ultimate beneficial owner of the head company;
  • a power of attorney to perform representative functions in Ukraine, executed in accordance with the laws of the country where the head company is officially registered;
  • regulations on a foreign representative office.
All of these documents must be submitted to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine not later than 6 months from the date of their issuance in the country of the head company's location.
 
Important! The documents must be notarized at the place of their issue, duly legalized (apostilled) at the consular offices representing the interests of Ukraine, unless otherwise provided by international treaties of Ukraine, and accompanied by a translation into Ukrainian, which must be certified by the translator's seal.
 
The administrative fee for the registration of a representative office of a foreign company is one subsistence minimum for able-bodied persons (as of 1 January 2024 - UAH 3028.00).
 
The registration period is five business days from the date of submission of the relevant documents for state registration.
 
Our contacts: [email protected] or +38044 334-42-55.