Online Form – Foundation of a company

We would like to set up your company promptly and in full compliance with legal requirements. To do so, we require some information from you. You are welcome to provide the necessary information using this online form. Click “Submit form to notary” at the bottom of this page to submit your details. You can also use the “Continue later” button to save your progress and complete the form at your convenience. If you have any questions, we’re happy to help by phone or in a personal consultation.

Information about the company

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Information on the founders

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than three founders/shareholders. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce the number of founders/shareholders to three or below. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Founder 1

Founder 1 is represented at the notarization by:

Representative 1

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Representative 2

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Representative 3

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Founder 2

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Founder 2 is represented at the notarization by:

Representative 1

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Representative 2

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Representative 3

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Founder 3

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Founder 3 is represented at the notarization by:

Representative 1

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Representative 2

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Representative 3

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Founder 4

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Founder 4 is represented at the notarization by:

Representative 1

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Representative 2

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Representative 3

Important note: You have selected the model protocol as articles of association in combination with more than one managing director. Using the model protocol is generally only possible if the company has a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either select the tailored articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce number of managing directors to one. A major drawback of this model protocol is its lack of flexibility: it cannot be tailored to your specific needs and omits important provisions—such as what should happen in the event of a shareholder’s death. Moreover, when using the model protocol, shareholders can transfer their shares freely without the consent of the other shareholders, meaning you cannot prevent unwanted third parties from entering the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is generally recommended only when a single person is founding the company and no additional shareholders or managing directors are expected to join in the foreseeable future.

Information on external managing directors (if any)

Important note: You have selected the combination of the statutory model protocol and more than one managing director. As a rule, it is only possible to form a company using the standard protocol if the company is to have a maximum of three shareholders and exactly one managing director. Therefore, please either choose the individual articles of association instead of the model protocol or reduce the number of managing directors to 1. Another disadvantage of the model protocol is that it is not tailored to your individual wishes. There are no sensible provisions, for example in the event of the death of a shareholder. In addition, the shares can be sold freely. This means that you cannot prevent unwelcome third parties from joining the company. For these reasons, the model protocol is usually only recommended if only one person is founding the company and no further shareholders or managing directors are to be added in the foreseeable future.

External managing director 1

External managing director 2

Additional information

Note: A company formation in Germany can also be notarized online. The first prerequisite is that there must be a local connection to our notary’s office (e.g., the company will have its registered office in our city). All participants also need both an ID card and a passport from Germany or another permitted EU country to be correctly identified during the video call. Please check the list of permitted foreign identification documents below. The electronic identification feature (eID) of each ID card must be activated, and the PIN must be known. Please check in advance whether all prerequisites are met in your case. Otherwise, please select the notarization option “In person at the notary’s office.” You can find additional information (in German) about online notarization at the following links:

Leaflet (Online notarization in German corporate law)
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about online notarization in Germany
List of permitted foreign identification documents

The company’s annual financial statements are typically prepared by a tax advisor or auditor. We recommend selecting a tax advisory or auditing firm at an early stage.

Remarks / additional notes