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Corporate law firm, Nepal
Register and run your company in Nepal without joining the queue
From company incorporation to annual compliance, we handle the filings, the follow ups and the government offices. You send documents, approve drafts and receive updates online, from anywhere in Nepal or abroad.
Written quote before work begins
Updates at every stage
Nepali and English
Offices we deal with, so you do not
- Office of the Company Registrar Incorporation, annual returns, share transfers Online
- Department of Industry Industry registration, FDI approval, trademarks Online
- Cottage and Small Industries Gharelu tatha Sana Udhyog registration Online
- Inland Revenue Department PAN and VAT registration, statutory returns Online
- Nepal Rastra Bank Investment recording and repatriation Online
- Department of Customs EXIM code registration and clearance Online
- Department of Tourism Travel, trekking and hospitality licensing Online
Where a matter genuinely requires a physical appearance or an inspection, we tell you before the engagement starts, not after.
5+
Years in corporate and business law
100%
Of the process handled online
7
Provinces served from Kathmandu
9
Practice areas under one team
Who we work with
Businesses at every stage of the journey
The legal work a business needs changes as it grows. These are the situations we are asked into most often.
Startups and new entrepreneurs
From the first idea to a registered company, a tax number and the licence your activity actually requires. We tell you which structure fits your three year plan, not just the cheapest one to file.
Small and growing businesses
Contracts that hold, employment paperwork that stands up, and the filings that keep you eligible for bank facilities and tenders as you scale.
Established companies
Annual returns, general meetings, share registry, industry filings and licence renewals, run on a calendar rather than a reminder.
Non resident Nepalis and overseas owners
Register, restructure and stay compliant in Nepal without flying back. Signed and notarised documents, an authorised representative and updates in your time zone.
Foreign investors
Sector eligibility, Department of Industry approval, Nepal Rastra Bank recording and a file built so repatriation is documentary rather than an argument.
E-commerce and technology businesses
Platform terms, data and privacy positions, payment arrangements, intellectual property and the registrations a digital business in Nepal still needs.
Practice areas
The law we work in
Nine areas of corporate and commercial practice, each tied to the authority that regulates it and the statute that governs it.
Corporate and Commercial Law
Incorporation, governance, share structures, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts and the relationship between shareholders.
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Regulatory Compliance and Secretarial Practice
Statutory filings at the Office of the Company Registrar, annual general meetings, share registry maintenance and the corporate secretarial record.
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Industrial and Enterprise Law
Cottage and small industry registration, Department of Industry licensing, industrial approvals and the periodic filings that keep a registration valid.
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Foreign Investment and Cross-Border Transactions
Foreign direct investment approval, inward remittance recording at Nepal Rastra Bank, repatriation, joint ventures and technology transfer agreements.
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Intellectual Property Law
Trademark, patent, industrial design and copyright protection, brand enforcement and disputes over marks and creative works.
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International Trade and Customs Law
Export and import code registration, customs classification and valuation, clearance issues and the contractual side of cross-border trade.
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Hospitality and Tourism Law
Travel and trekking agency licensing, hotel and resort permits, tourism sector compliance and the contracts that sit behind a tourism…
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Taxation and Revenue Law
PAN and VAT registration, statutory tax reporting, municipal business tax, withholding obligations and representation in tax disputes.
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Labour and Employment Law
Employment contracts, workplace policy, Social Security Fund enrolment, disciplinary process and lawful termination.
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Our services
What we actually file, and where
Every service below names the office that issues the approval and an indicative timeline. No queue, no repeated trips to Kathmandu.
Fully online
Company Registration and Incorporation
End to end registration of private limited, public limited and single shareholder companies, including name reservation, constitutional documents and tax registration.
Fully online
Corporate Compliance and Secretarial Services
Annual returns, general meetings, share registry maintenance and the full statutory record, kept current on a calendar rather than in a rush.
Fully online
Gharelu tatha Sana Udhyog Registration
Registration of cottage and small scale industries, including classification advice, application and the periodic filings that follow.
Fully online
Industry Registration at the Department of Industry
Registration and licensing of medium and large industries at the Department of Industry, including sector approvals and post registration compliance.
Fully online
Industry Compliance and Periodic Filings
Keeping a registered industry in good standing: periodic returns, capacity and product changes, renewals and the record the Department expects to see.
Fully online with an authorised representative in Nepal
Foreign Direct Investment
Foreign investment approval, inward remittance recording, share issue against foreign capital and the repatriation route, set up correctly from the start.
Working remotely
Your business does not have to be in Kathmandu
You could be in Pokhara, Biratnagar, Butwal, Nepalgunj or Chitwan. You could be running the business from Sydney, Doha or Seoul. The offices are here. The requirement to sit in front of them is not.
- Documents by email or WhatsAppScan and send. We tell you exactly which pages need notarisation and which need legalisation before you spend money on either.
- Drafts you approve before anything is filedNothing goes to a government office until you have read it and said yes.
- An update at every stageIncluding the stages where the update is that the office has not responded yet. Silence during a wait is the complaint we hear most about other advisers.
- Authorisation so we can appear for youWhere an office requires a person in the room, a properly executed authority means it does not have to be you.
Clients we work with are based in
- Kathmandu
- Lalitpur
- Bhaktapur
- Pokhara
- Chitwan
- Biratnagar
- Butwal
- Nepalgunj
- Dhangadhi
- Birgunj
- Dharan
- Janakpur
- NRNs worldwide
What we need from you
- Identification Citizenship certificate or passport for each owner and director
- Photographs Recent passport size photograph for each person
- Business description What you intend to do, in as much detail as you can give
- Address Registered office and proof of the premises
- Authorisation A signed authority so we can file on your behalf
Different matters need different documents. We send a checklist specific to your case before you start gathering anything.
How it works
Five stages, start to certificate
The order matters. Most problems we are asked to fix started as a step taken out of sequence.
You tell us what you are trying to do
A call, a WhatsApp message or the form on this site. Describe the business rather than the legal category. Working out which registration, licence or filing applies is our job, and getting it wrong at this stage is what costs people months later.
Free, no obligationWe send scope, cost and a document checklist
In writing, with our professional fee separated from government fees and third party costs such as notarisation and translation. The checklist is specific to your matter, so you are not gathering documents nobody asked for.
Within one working dayYou send documents, we draft
Scanned copies are enough to start. We prepare the constitutional documents, applications and resolutions your matter needs and send them for your review. Nothing is filed until you have read it and approved it.
Drafts for your approvalWe file and follow up
We deal with the Office of the Company Registrar, the Department of Industry, the Inland Revenue Department, Nepal Rastra Bank or whichever authority your matter runs through. You get an update at each stage, including the ones where we are still waiting.
Progress updates throughoutYou receive the certificates and the calendar
Every certificate, registration and statutory record, plus a calendar of what has to be filed next and when. Most compliance failures happen because nobody owned the calendar. This is where that ownership gets assigned.
Handover and next steps
Questions
The things people ask before they engage us
If your question is not here, ask it. We would rather answer it now than have you discover the answer halfway through a matter.
Almost all of it, yes. Company registration, tax registration, most licensing applications and all statutory filings run through government portals and document submission. You send us scanned and notarised documents, we file and follow up, and you receive updates and drafts by email or WhatsApp. A small number of matters require a physical appearance, an inspection or a bank visit, and we tell you at the outset if yours is one of them rather than after you have committed.
We quote before we start, in writing, separating our professional fee from government fees and third party costs such as notarisation and translation. Where the scope cannot be fully known at the outset, which happens with disputes and with companies that are years behind on filings, we quote for a first stage and tell you what would change the estimate.
Yes. This is a large part of the practice. With properly executed authorisations, a company can be registered, kept compliant, restructured and even wound up while the owner remains abroad. What is required from you is signed and notarised documentation, and in some cases documents legalised at the Nepali mission in your country. We set out exactly what is needed before you begin.
Enquiries received on a working day are answered the same day or the next. Once a matter is open you have a direct line on WhatsApp or Viber, and you get an update at every stage that involves a government office, including the stages where the answer is that we are still waiting.
Both. Meetings, calls and messages run in whichever you are comfortable with. Documents are prepared in the language the receiving office requires, and we provide a plain language explanation of anything you are asked to sign.
That is a normal way for a matter to reach us. Companies that registered under the wrong structure, investments remitted before approval, filings years overdue, trademark applications refused. Send us what you have and we will tell you honestly whether it can be fixed, what it will take and whether it is worth doing.
Publications
Written for people who have to make the decision
Notes on Nepali company law, compliance, foreign investment and licensing. Practical rather than academic.
What a foreign investor needs in place before money can enter Nepal
Approval, remittance, recording and share issue happen in a fixed order. Getting the order wrong creates a problem that surfaces years later, at exit.
The annual compliance calendar for a private limited company in Nepal
What a private limited company has to file each year, which office receives it, and why the companies that fall behind almost never do…
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Send the details of your matter and we will reply within one working day with the registrations that apply, an indicative timeline and a cost.
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