EU companies

EU companies

Depending on your needs and where you are based, jurisdictions such as Malta, Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg all offer interesting options for international business structures. These can be trading or holding entities, as well as head office locations for branches carrying out operations in Switzerland. We can help you in each case.

Operative EU companies

Rosetrust has established successful, long-term working relationships with lawyers, accountants and other service providers in the key jurisdictions across the EU. This means we can establish and run entities for you as required. For example, Irish and Dutch companies have long been part of international financing structures, taking advantage of relatively low taxation in some cases. In other situations, business constraints require a local operating company.

Typically, EU operating companies have worked well in tandem with Swiss holding companies. They can route investment into the EU through debt and equity from Switzerland, taking advantage of low Swiss tax rates and minimising local taxation.

Although double taxation treaties have reduced the withholding tax exposure on payments out to Swiss entities, since July 1, 2005, the EU Parent/Subsidiary Directive has been extended to Swiss companies. In most cases, this results in a complete elimination of withholding taxes on dividends, royalties and interest payments from EU entities to Swiss parent companies.

Please contact us for more information.