Representative Office Or A Branch Of Your Company in Russia

Foreign individuals and legal entities have right to participate in establishment of business partnerships and companies  in Russia or to acquire a share in the registered capital or shares in established legal entities. 

A foreign legal entity may open on the territory of  Russia  its  representative office or a branch. 

Relationships concerning the state guarantees for foreign investors' rights while investing on the territory of  Russia are regulated by the Federal Law № 160-FZ "On Foreign Investment in the Russian Federation" dated 9 July 1999.

A representative office of a foreign legal entity

It is a separate subdivision which does not assume either property or personal non-property rights and cannot be either a claimant or a respondent in court. A representative office is always located on the territory of Russia where it represents and protects interests of a foreign legal entity and does not carry out independent industrial economic activities.

A branch of a foreign legal entity 

It is created for the purposes of carrying out those activities  in Russia which are carried out by the parent organisation abroad  and is liquidated on decision of a parent organisation. 

State control over establishment, activities, and liquidation of a branch is effected by its accreditation in accordance with the procedure determined by the Government of the Russian Federation.