Company Law In Guernsey - Incorporation Procedures

Registration is with the States of Guernsey Greffe, the public records office. Incorporation requires the services of local advocates often with assistance from a firm of accountants. The professional advisers will first check the availability of the name with which the company is to be incorporated. If the name is sufficiently dissimilar from existing registered names it can be reserved several months before incorporation. The Memorandum and Articles are then drawn up and the signatures of the subscribers to the Memorandum obtained.

An application form for registration is completed by the advocate and submitted to HM Procureur (also known as HM Attorney-General) who reviews the application with the Director General of the Financial Services Commission. The application form requires the disclosure of certain information including: