Al Qantara Enterprises · Paris & Dubai

We build French companies for international founders.

Al Qantara Enterprises is the business practice of Al Qantara Institute. We form the company, install its registered office, prepare the banking file, align the founder or investor visa, and structure the tax and accounting around it, all inside one engagement. One senior interlocutor follows the whole project.

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A practice of Al Qantara Institute
The firm that settles international families in France stands behind the business practice.
Paris and Dubai
Two offices, one calendar, one senior interlocutor wherever the project starts.
Handled end to end
Company, banking, tax and counsel run as one file, on a single calendar, never handed off.
The practice

Business counsel with the discretion of a family office.

The Institute settles families. Enterprises serves the companies they build, and the founders who arrive before their families do. The method does not change: a private consultation to begin, a written plan after the first meeting, then one senior interlocutor who runs the specialists and the calendar until the company stands on its own.

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What we do

Six workstreams, one interlocutor.

01

Company formation

SAS, SARL, branch or subsidiary. We draft the statuts, run the capital deposit, file through the guichet unique and hand you the Kbis.

02

Founder and investor visas

Talent card routes for founders, investors and executives. The residence file and the company file are prepared together and tell one story.

03

Registered office

Domiciliation at a serious Paris address, the contracts behind it, and the first premises when the team lands.

04

Banking and compliance

Capital deposit, business account and KYC files prepared to pass a bank's first review, whether you are resident or not.

05

Tax and accounting

VAT registration, regime elections and the accounting set up to the size of the business, with specialist tax counsel when the structure crosses borders.

06

Ongoing counsel

Commercial contracts, first hires, shareholder matters. The retainer keeps a senior interlocutor at your side long after the Kbis.

How we work

From first call to a company that runs.

01
Private consultation

You tell us the project. We say plainly whether France fits it and what it will ask of you.

02
The written plan

Structure, calendar, budget and the visa route arrive in one memo after the first meeting.

03
Formation and filings

Incorporation, domiciliation, banking and the residence file run on one calendar in one pair of hands.

04
The company lives

Accounting is set, contracts are signed, the first hires arrive. We stay as counsel.

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Why France

The euro area's second economy is open to founders who prepare.

Access to the European market, deep engineering and creative talent, and a state that actively recruits foreign founders. France rewards the prepared file.

Who we serve

Founders, groups and families in business.

International founders

You will run the company from France. We form it and align your talent visa with it, on one calendar.

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Foreign groups

Your company opens its French subsidiary or branch. We install the entity, the registered office and the local compliance around it.

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Families in business

The move to France is a family project with a company inside it. Enterprises works beside the Institute's family practice on the same calendar.

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Common questions

What founders ask us first.

Can a foreigner own 100% of a French company?

Yes. France places no nationality condition on holding the shares of a SAS or a SARL. The company can belong entirely to foreign shareholders and the director may live abroad. The constraint that matters in practice is banking, so we prepare that file first.

How long does incorporation take?

Plan for a realistic 2 to 4 weeks end to end as of 2026. Registration itself takes days once the file reaches the guichet unique. The real time sits in the statuts, the capital deposit and the bank's checks on non-resident founders.

Do I need to live in France?

No. A French company can be created, owned and directed from abroad, and many of the founders we serve begin that way. Residence becomes a second file when you or your executives move, and we align it with the company file.

What does an engagement cost?

Business mandates begin at €10,000. Fees are stated in full in the written proposal after the private consultation, before any commitment. Third-party costs, such as state fees and banking, are billed to you separately.

Is there a golden visa for founders investing in France?

Not in the passive sense. France grants no residency for a purchase or a passive stake. Founders settle through the Talent passport, whose investor and business-creation categories rest on a real French activity, prepared alongside the company on one calendar. We prepare and orchestrate the application. The consulate decides.

How much does it cost to form a company in France?

Formation itself is inexpensive: share capital can start at €1, and state registration and the legal notice run to a few hundred euros as of 2026. Our mandate to build the company, its office, banking and accounting begins at €10,000, stated in full before any commitment.

Begin with a private consultation.

Thirty minutes. You leave with a first read of the structure, the calendar and the budget.

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