Jersey Company Incorporations
Jersey Company Incorporations for institutional clients
Mourant is pleased to introduce its one-stop-shop for Jersey company incorporations and administration. This seamless solution for our institutional clients is designed to make the formation and ongoing administration of Jersey companies as streamlined as possible.
As clients’ needs vary, Mourant is able to tailor a range Jersey Company Incorporation and administration packages designed to cater to your specific needs. By combining legal and administration services we are able to successfully accommodate all of your corporate requirements.
Jersey Company Incorporations - Why use an offshore company?
The reasons for using offshore companies are many and varied, and will vary from client to client. The most common benefits include:
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Utilising a tax neutral environment.
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Greater flexibility in terms of the structures available.
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Efficient and commercially viable legislation in terms of incorporation and administration.
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Access to sophisticated international financial centres.
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Why use a Jersey company?
With recent changes to Jersey’s companies law, Jersey is now able to offer a corporate vehicle that is as flexible if not more flexible, than most other jurisdictions, while at the same time offering Jersey’s traditional advantages of a stable and well regulated jurisdiction. The benefits of a Jersey company include:
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Wide choice of available structures - including private or public, par value or no par value, limited, unlimited, guarantee or a mixture of these, traditional company or cell company.
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Flexibility of capital - ease of getting money in and out of companies.
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Public company benefits - no minimum capital requirements, no statutory pre-emption rights.
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Supportive legislation - ensuring quicker turnaround times.
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Same day Jersey company incorporations - the Jersey Companies Registry is able to incorporate companies on a same day basis
Jersey Company Incorporations - Further details on Jersey companies are available at:
Guide to Jersey Companies Law
Companies Jersey Law 1991, differences between public and private companies
New opportunities for Jersey companies
Jersey Company Incorporations - Benefits that Jersey offers:
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Reputation - Jersey enjoys an excellent reputation as a well-regulated offshore jurisdiction. This fact was underlined in the March 2008 ’City of London Third Global Financial Centres index’, which ranked Jersey as one of the leading financial offshore jurisdictions.
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Expertise - Jersey has been recognised as an offshore financial centre for almost 50 years and as such, is able to offer a full service and dedicated financial services offering.
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Infrastructure - Jersey has a strong infrastructure with full business support services. The Island is not generally subject to power outages, severe weather or other conditions that could impact on service delivery.
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Geography - Conveniently located to service the major European financial centres and within the same time zone as London.
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Economic stability - The Island commands an enviable economic strength with no public debt and has a substantial strategic reserve. The Island benefits from, and contributes to, the free movement of capital throughout the European Union and beyond.
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Political stability - Jersey is politically stable and has enjoyed 800 years of government and judicial independence.
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Why Mourant?
As one of the world’s leading providers of offshore legal and administration services to institutional clients, we can offer a number of advantages to clients:
Jersey Company Incorporations - Fees:
Jersey Company Incorporation fee : The cost of establishing a Jersey company varies from transaction to transaction, but we charge a minimum fee of £750.
Administration fee: The starting cost for the provision of registered office services to an institutional client in Jersey with Mourant is £775 per annum, rising to £1,625 per annum for the provision of registered office and company secretary.
Other fees: In addition to our fees, a fee of £200 (or £400 if a fast track incorporation is required) is payable to the Jersey Companies Registry.
Annual statutory fees: An annual return fee of £150 is payable each year, together with an annual fee of £100 for international services entity status i.e. exemption from liability to pay the Jersey Goods and Services Tax. The annual exempt company fee of £600 is no longer payable.
Jersey Company Incorporations - Next steps
If you would like to commence the incorporation of a Jersey company using the services of Mourant, please contact us using one of the options below and we will provide you with the appropriate documentation and guide you through this process.
Alternatively, if you are more familiar with the application process, please click here to download a copy of our Jersey Company Formation application form. To help you with the completion of the application form, we have also provided some detailed guidance notes. To access the guidance notes, please click here.
To understand what due diligence documentation we require to be completed in order to incorporate a Jersey company, please click here. The appropriate due diligence forms can be accessed from the links below.
Form A - Listed Company
Form B - Subsidiary of Listed Company
Form C - Regulated Company
Form D - Subsidiary of Regulated Company
Form E - Limited Partnership
Form F - Private Company
Form G - Private Individual
Please note that our ability to incorporate or administer a Jersey company will depend upon satisfactory completion of our Jersey Company Formation application form, along with the provision of associated due diligence requirements.
For more information about Jersey Company Incorporations, or please use our contacts page www.mourant.com/section/11/index.html.