It is often the case that a foreign company wants to operate in the Republic of Serbia and establish/register a company. In this situation, the foreign company will be the founder and the only member¬/shareholder of the company that will be established in Serbia. The advantage is that although the foreign company is the only member/ shareholder of the company that will be established, the company established in Serbia is responsible for all obligations with its assets. We always suggest that a limited liability company be chosen as the legal form of business entity.
In the case when a foreign company is the founder of a company in Serbia, it is necessary to obtain certain documentation which we will prepare for you and send for certification to the competent institutions in your country.
Depending on the country in which the foreign company was registered is a signatory to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (HCCH 1961 Apostille Convention) or not the procedure for confirming the documentation for company registration in Serbia differs. If the country in which your foreign company was registered is a signatory to the HCCH 1961 Apostille Convention, then all the documentation we send you to certify should be certified by a competent notary, and then confirmed by an apostille. These include the following countries: Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Burundi Cape Verde Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Denmark Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Eswatini Fiji France France Georgia Germany Greece Grenada Guatemala Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malawi Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niue North Macedonia Norway Palau Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Moldova Russian Federation Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Suriname Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela.
There are countries with which Serbia has special agreements when legalization or apostille should not be put on the documents required to establish a company in Serbia, and these are the following foreign countries: Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic Republic, Slovakia, France, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Iraq, Cyprus, Hungary, Northern Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Montenegro, Ukraine, Slovenia, Mongolia.
