Practice areas · Corporate

Company formation, governance, and the agreements between

Incorporating in Barbados, keeping the company compliant, and drafting the contracts the business actually runs on.

How we help

Barbados is a well-regulated jurisdiction with a long-standing corporate statute and a real treaty network — which is precisely why it repays getting the structure right at the outset rather than repairing it later. We incorporate, we advise boards, and we draft and negotiate the commercial agreements that follow.

Incorporation & registration

Companies, external company registration for foreign entities, societies, and partnerships.

Corporate governance

By-laws, shareholders' and directors' resolutions, share issues and transfers, and annual filings.

Commercial agreements

Supply, distribution, services, agency, licensing, and shareholders' agreements.

Regulated & licensed business

Advising on licensing requirements and dealings with Barbadian regulators.

Financial institutions

Advisory work for banks, credit unions, and statutory corporations — a long-standing part of the practice.

Debt recovery

Demands, proceedings, and enforcement for commercial creditors.

What to prepare

  • Two or three proposed company names, in order of preference.
  • What the business will actually do, and where its customers are.
  • Names, addresses, and identification for each proposed director and shareholder.
  • The intended share structure, and who is putting in what.
  • For a foreign parent: its certificate of incorporation and constitutional documents.

On fees

Government registration fees are set by statute and change from time to time; our own fee for an incorporation is fixed and quoted in writing before we begin. We will give you both figures at the consultation so you can budget the whole exercise, not half of it.

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Get the structure right the first time.