Foreign investors can initiate the process of company formation in Guadeloupe by incorporating one of the legal entities prescribed by the national law. Our consultants can provide information on the available business forms and their advantages.
Guadeloupe is a French territory, more exactly, an overseas department of France, which means that the language and legislation are the same as the ones in France, as the territory is considered to be an integral part of this country.
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Legal entities available in Guadeloupe
The first matter that should be decided when starting the process of company formation in Guadeloupe is the type of legal entity to be incorporated. Business people can opt for one of the following:
- the limited liability company and the limited liability company with one shareholder;
- another type of limited company is the joint stock company (investors interested in this type of structure, whose shares can be publicly traded, must know that they can also open a company in Guadeloupe as a simplified joint stock company);
- the partnership;
- the economic interest group;
- the sole trader.
What are the main steps in registering a legal entity?
Once the investors have decided on the legal entity they want to incorporate, they can actually start the process of company incorporation in Guadeloupe through local lawyers or consultants. A business structure gains legal personality through its incorporation documents, which, in the case of a limited liability company or a public limited company, are the memorandum and the articles of association.
These documents are the constitutive papers of a company, and they contain information in the following:
- the shareholders, their identification data, the shareholding structure;
- the management (the directors and their personal identification data);
- the objects of activity the company will carry out;
- its registered address, etc.
Provided that the manager has not yet been invested at the moment when the process of company formation in Guadeloupe started, the shareholders can sign a separate document at a later date. The respective document must be signed and submitted to the Companies Register (all registration documents have to be submitted to this institution upon incorporation).
In order to set up a company in Guadeloupe, businessmen must also secure a registered address and open a corporate bank account. Depending on the company type, they may also need to submit the minimum share capital required by law.
Information about Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is a territory situated in the Caribbean region, in a close proximity to the United States of America. In the list below, we present some of its traits:
- Guadeloupe is 1 of the 12 French overseas territories, which, together, account for a population of 2,6 million inhabitants;
- Guadeloupe alone has a population of 395,000 inhabitants;
- it has a territory of 1,628 square kilometers;
- its gross domestic product (GDP) is EUR 8,597 million, which represents one of the highest GDP in the Caribbean region;
- also, in its region, Guadeloupe has the highest human development index (ranking on the 38th place on a global level, according to the French authorities).
We can offer further details on company formation in Guadeloupe. Do not hesitate to address us for other matters regarding the registration in this territory or elsewhere. We can also represent clients in the process of offshore company formation. For offshore incorporation, our services also include assistance in opening an offshore bank account.