Business Consulting & Enablement
Licensing & Company Formation
Entity setup and licensing handled end to end — structured for what you will need in three years, not just to get approved this month.
What you get
- An entity and licence class that permits everything you actually intend to sell.
- A shareholding structure that does not have to be unpicked when you raise or bring in a partner.
- Registrations, filings and post-formation obligations tracked to completion, not handed back as a checklist.
Part of Business Consulting & Enablement
Formation is treated as paperwork and it is really a set of structural decisions with a long tail. The licence class determines what you may invoice for. The shareholding determines how hard your next funding round is. The registered activity determines which regulator you answer to.
What we handle
Entity selection and structuring, commercial registration, foreign investment licensing including MISA routes for non-Saudi shareholders, Chamber of Commerce and municipality registrations, ZATCA and GOSI enrolment, bank account opening support, and the post-formation obligations that arrive in the first year.
Foreign investors
We advise on the ownership route, capital requirements and the sequence in which approvals have to be obtained — where getting the order wrong is what causes most of the delay attributed to the process itself.
What we will tell you
When a simpler structure serves you better than the one you came in asking for, and when an activity you intend to sell will not be covered by the licence you are about to apply for. Both conversations are cheaper before filing than after.
Common questions
How long does company formation take?
It depends on the entity type, the activity and whether there are non-Saudi shareholders, and most of the variance comes from the order in which approvals are sought rather than from the approvals themselves. We will give you a realistic sequence and timeline for your specific case at the outset, and tell you which steps can run in parallel.
Can a non-Saudi shareholder own a company outright?
For many activities, yes, through a MISA investment licence — but the permitted ownership, the capital requirement and the licensing route all depend on the specific activity you intend to carry out. That is a determination to make before filing, not after, because the activity list on the licence is what governs what you may invoice for.
How do you price engagements?
Fixed price for well-defined scopes, and time-and-materials for discovery or open-ended work. We will tell you which one an engagement should be, and we will not quote a fixed price for something nobody understands yet — that pricing model only works by padding the number or cutting quality later.
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