Register a company in Luxembourg, the holding capital of Europe.

Yes. The notarial deed executes by apostilled power of attorney, and RCS, tax and VAT registrations run remotely. Banks vary: fund-adjacent and private institutions often want one meeting; some close by video with a strong file. We sequence that for you.

From €4,900 turnkey for the company and from €7,900 with banking, plus renewals from €3,500 a year - and more once real substance (boards, premises) enters the picture. Luxembourg is priced for structures whose flows repay it; for a small trading company we will point you to Estonia, Ireland or Cyprus instead.

An operating company: ~23.9% aggregate in Luxembourg City (14-21% on small profits), VAT at 17%, and the 0.5% net wealth tax on assets. A SOPARFI holding: 0% on qualifying dividends and gains under the participation exemption, minimum net-wealth amounts, and no withholding on distributions to qualifying parents. We model your exact flows before you commit.

Hold at least 10% (or €1.2M acquisition cost) of a qualifying subsidiary for twelve months, and its dividends arrive tax-free; the same logic (at €6M for gains) exempts capital gains on exit. Distributions onward to EU and treaty parents leave without withholding. Conditions are mechanical but unforgiving - we track them per stake, per year.

SARL (€12,000, fully paid): the workhorse for holdings and private structures. SA (€30,000, quarter paid): for funds, listings and wide shareholder bases. SARL-S (€1+): the starter for individual founders, rarely right for international structures. Nine SOPARFIs in ten are SARLs; the tenth has its reasons.

Luxembourg's second engine: the RAIF launches in weeks without prior CSSF approval (supervision runs through its AIFM), while SICAVs and UCITS carry full CSSF authorisation and EU passporting. For managers raising European capital, a Luxembourg vehicle is often the price of admission - we build them alongside the holding layer.

The line item to know: 0.5% annually on net assets (0.05% above €500M), with minimum amounts, €535 to €4,815, that even fully exempt holdings pay. Participation-exempt stakes are excluded from the base, which is why real SOPARFIs feel it mostly as the minimum. It surprises nobody who planned for it; we plan for it.

More than a mailbox, deliberately: Luxembourg-resident decision-making, real board meetings, local books and a defensible office arrangement. ATAD and treaty anti-abuse rules retired the letterbox era - and that is precisely why the structures that remain are respected. We build substance packages sized to the flows, not to the invoice.

The two holding traditions. The Netherlands pairs its participation exemption with a big operating economy and English-first ease; Luxembourg pairs its own with the fund industry, lower VAT and a purer structures ecosystem. Mixed operating-holding groups often go Dutch; pure holdings, funds and wealth platforms usually land here. The shape of the group decides it.

Plan one to three weeks: the KYC and structuring file first, capital and notary inside a week after that, then RCS publication and tax registrations. Banking follows the file - one to three weeks at Luxembourg standards. RAIFs add their own track, typically four to eight weeks all-in.