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Incorporating in the Netherlands is not a formality

From the Dutch BV and holding company to the business bank account, KYC and registered office, we set up the operational base of your European structure — end to end. The essentials, done properly, so everything you build on top stands up to banks, counterparties and authorities.

WHAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY ENGAGING

Analysis, coordination, implementation

A civil-law notary can incorporate a BV. What a notary does not do is tell you whether the structure works, defend it to a bank, or hold the process together across two jurisdictions. That is the engagement.

01 · ANALYSIS

Whether the structure holds

Corporate and tax analysis of what you are trying to achieve: the right entity, where substance has to sit, how profits and dividends will be treated, which treaty applies, and where the structure would fail scrutiny. Delivered in writing, before anything is signed.

02 · COORDINATION

Holding the process together

Notary, bank, tax authority and registry each ask for different things, in a different order, and none of them coordinates with the others. We run that process, prepare the KYC and source-of-funds file, and answer the questions before they become objections.

03 · IMPLEMENTATION

Built, opened, registered

Incorporation executed, bank account opened, tax and VAT registrations completed, registered office and administration arranged through licensed providers. The part most people think they are buying is the last step, not the engagement.

WHAT WE SET UP

Your Dutch base, handled end-to-end

Company Formation (BV & Holding)

We set up your Dutch BV and holding — structured, drafted and registered — with the incorporation deed executed by a civil-law notary.

Business Bank Account

We open your Dutch business bank account, preparing the file so it clears the bank’s onboarding and due diligence.

KYC & Onboarding

We prepare your KYC and source-of-funds file so banks and counterparties can onboard you without friction.

Registered Office & Substance

We arrange your registered office and genuine economic substance through licensed Dutch providers, keeping the structure real and compliant.

VAT, Tax & Trade Registration

We handle your VAT, corporate-tax and Chamber of Commerce / EORI registrations so you can invoice and trade from day one.

Ongoing Administration

We coordinate bookkeeping, annual accounts and ongoing compliance through licensed local providers, so the structure stays in good standing.

A NOTE ON TIER-1 JURISDICTIONS

The Netherlands offers treaty access and legal certainty that few jurisdictions match. It also applies some of the strictest KYC and anti-money-laundering scrutiny in Europe. A structure built to withstand that scrutiny is a different exercise from a company registered online.

HOW IT WORKS

Engineered to clear scrutiny, from day one

01
Assess
We confirm the right structure and entity for your goals and jurisdictions.
02
Incorporate
We draft and set up the BV and holding; a civil-law notary executes the deed.
03
Bank & Register
We open the bank account and complete tax, VAT and registry registrations.
04
Operate
Registered office, substance and administration in place — you operate from day one.
WHY THE NETHERLANDS

A credible, treaty-connected European base

The Netherlands offers an EU-grade home for international business: the participation exemption, one of the world’s widest tax-treaty networks, full EU market access, a reputable banking system and strong legal certainty — in an English-speaking, business-friendly environment. It is why founders, investors and family offices choose a Dutch BV or holding as the anchor of their cross-border structure.

Cross-border incorporations face intense regulatory scrutiny. We engineer the structure so it clears notary, KYC and banking compliance at the first attempt, and we do that work ourselves. The incorporation deed is executed by a civil-law notary, and the registered office, substance and administration are arranged through licensed Dutch providers. Montclare is not a bank, lender or trust office.

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SELECTED MANDATE

Selected market-entry mandate

Industrial machinery group · European market entry
SITUATION

A family-owned manufacturer of industrial machinery and technical components, with between forty and eighty employees and international sales, needed an operating presence inside the European Union. Its customers increasingly declined to contract with a non-EU entity, and the group needed to invoice, hire and sign in Europe from a stable base rather than improvise one country at a time.

WHAT WE DID

We compared several European jurisdictions against the group’s actual commercial pattern rather than against headline rates, then executed the route: incorporation, registered office, commercial registration, tax and VAT registration, banking support and local administration. The structure was designed so the entity could genuinely invoice within the Union, contract suppliers, receive payment and present a credible local face.

OUTCOME

The group obtained a European platform ready to operate, and a structure that banks, customers and suppliers could understand without explanation. Building one properly constituted entity avoided the duplicated administration of a country-by-country roll-out, and shortened the time between decision and first European invoice.

Anonymised mandate — client identity and figures withheld for confidentiality.
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Before You Incorporate in the Netherlands

Ten questions to answer before the notary, not after. The bottleneck in Dutch company formation is almost never the commercial register.

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