STAGE 1
Company registration in the AIFC
We choose the right legal form, prepare the documents and handle the application with the AIFC Registrar until the certificate of incorporation is issued.
What is included
- choice of form: Private / Public Company, SPC, Investment Company, Foundation, Partnership, Recognised Company (branch of a foreign company);
- name reservation;
- standard or bespoke articles of association and constitutional documents;
- shareholders’ agreement;
- filing the application and answering the Registrar’s queries;
- multi-tier and holding structures with several companies;
- registration of IT companies in Astana Hub;
- redomiciliation — moving a company into or out of the AIFC;
- registered office;
- assistance with opening a bank account — 1 day to prepare the documents, then the bank’s own review;
- IIN and digital signature (EDS) for foreign nationals;
- sanctions report on directors and shareholders;
- KYC / AML checks of the participants.
Indicative timeline: from 5 days after receipt of the complete document package; the final timeline depends on the Registrar.
For directors, shareholders and beneficial owners who are nationals of certain countries, a sanctions report may be required at registration. We screen them against the applicable sanctions lists and prepare a report to be filed with the registration documents.
We define the requirements for key personnel, assess candidates from your group of companies and help find specialists for positions that require regulatory approval.
Timelines may grow if the regulator raises questions. In one case, a registration was delayed because the founder had a long-dormant LLP in Kazakhstan that went into compulsory liquidation at exactly that time. That is why we check the history of founders and related companies at the outset.
