Company Formation and Corporate Procedures
Forming or maintaining a company in Türkiye requires coordinated planning of trade registry, tax, notarial, banking, signing authority, licensing and, where applicable, foreign document procedures.
The firm assists domestic and foreign individuals and legal entities with company formation and corporate life-cycle matters in Türkiye. Tax advice, accounting, independent audit and investment advice are provided separately by the relevant licensed professionals where required.
Formation Stage
- Legal assessment of the appropriate company form based on activity, ownership and management structure
- Documents, apostille, translation and potential tax number procedures for foreign shareholders
- Drafting or review of articles of association
- Coordination of MERSİS, trade registry and notarial procedures
- Representation and signatory rules and internal directives
- Preparation of corporate documents for bank accounts and capital procedures
- Preliminary review of licences, permits or registrations required for the activity
Ongoing Corporate Procedures
- Shareholder, general assembly, board and manager resolutions
- Changes to managers, board members and authorised representatives
- Share transfers, capital increases or reductions and amendments to articles
- Changes to registered address, scope of activity and representation authority
- Legal aspects of mergers, demergers, conversions and liquidation
- Legal review of resolutions, corporate books and company documentation
- Disputes involving the company, shareholders or directors
Foreign Documents
Foreign trade registry extracts, formation documents, signing and authority certificates and corporate resolutions may require an apostille, legalisation, sworn translation and notarial certification depending on their origin. The required format is checked against the practice of the competent authority before filing.
The timeline and document list depend on the status of the shareholders, company type, business activity, foreign documents and the practice of the competent trade registry office.