Bogota Foreign Investment Guide
05. Business Creation
What is inside?
Preliminary stage
- Migratory Regime
- International Investment Agreements & Trade Treaties
- Foreign Investment Incentives
- Foreign Investment & Currency Exchange Regime
- Business Creation
- Tax Regime
- Intellectual Property
Investment stage
- Financial Regime
- Labor System
- Real Estate Acquisition and Leasing
- Customs Regime and Free Trade Treaties
On operation
- Public Procurement Regime
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Processes
- Competition Regime
- Environmental Regime
- Green Investments
- Investment in Dynamic Ventures
- Cross-Border e-Commerce
- Conflict Resolution Mechanisms
Business close stage
In Colombia there are several ways to associate. Among profit-oriented companies, there are two major categories: partnerships and corporations, with the latter being the most significant in the investment world.
This chapter allows you to identify the two types of corporations preferred by both local and foreign investors, and its details: Public Limited Companies (S.A) and Simplified Stock Companies (S.A.S., similar to the US LLC company). Both provide considerable advantages, such as the reduction of transaction costs, flexibility of the corporate structure, limited responsibility, among others.
You will find relevant information that will serve as a tool to create a corporation or to register a branch of a foreign company in Bogotá-Region. You will also become familiar with the regime governing parent companies, subsidiaries, and business groups, along with the legal implications involved.
If you would like to learn more in-depth about the various investment vehicles, as well as the requirements to establish them and the steps to follow, we invite you to download and consult the full chapter on Business Creation.
