Most public sector partners in Slovakia are limited liability companies (s.r.o.). With a single shareholder, or two holding half each, the question of who the beneficial owner is has a simple answer. It gets harder when a shareholder is another company or a foreign entity, or when one person's small direct and indirect stakes add up to more than 25%.

We go through the memorandum of association, the list of shareholders and any links to parent or subsidiary companies, and identify the beneficial owners from that. If nobody meets the criteria, the managing directors are entered as senior management, but only once we have shown this. We check the Commercial Register ourselves; from you we mainly need ID documents and ownership details.

What we help with

We identify beneficial owners from shareholdings and shareholder rights.
We add up direct and indirect stakes held through other companies.
We check the Commercial Register extract ourselves.
We prepare the verification document and file the application.
After a share transfer or new director we assess whether an update is needed.

This page is for general information, reflects Slovak law at the time of writing and is not a substitute for advice on your particular matter.

RPVS registration for a limited company