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Business Law
Business law covers relationships between businesses, from setting up a company or a branch in the Czech Republic to recovering unpaid invoices and resolving contract disputes.
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Should a foreigner in the Czech Republic set up a trade licence or an s.r.o.?
A trade licence is faster and cheaper but carries personal liability and, for non-EU nationals, a residence-title requirement; an s.r.o. limits liability and does not itself require the owner to hold a residence permit. For non-EU nationals, residence status is usually the deciding factor rather than tax.
How does a foreign company set up a subsidiary in the Czech Republic?
A foreign company sets up a Czech subsidiary most commonly as an s.r.o. (limited liability company), with no residency requirement for the founder and a symbolic minimum capital. The realistic timeline is 2 to 4 weeks once documents are ready, and the main practical constraint for non-EU owners concerns the appointed executive, not ownership itself.
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