Doing business in Spain? Think about structure...
- Rolf Silver
- Jun 25
- 1 min read
'We’ll sort out the structure later.'
I hear this a lot, especially from fast-moving founders or finance leads expanding and thinking of doing business in Spain. It's a mistake.
If you get the structure wrong at the beginning, you end up fixing it later at a cost.
Changing your SL setup midstream?
Requires notary appointments, registry delays, reissued NIFs, updated bank mandates, and can hold up everything from payroll to VAT refunds.
Chose the wrong activity code?
You might quietly lose your right to deduct VAT.
Appointed a director without understanding Spanish liability?
You may need to restructure your board (and their contracts) to protect them.
These are real issues we’ve been called in to solve more than once, long after the ink was dry.
Spain is a beautiful place to grow a business.
But if you're a Brit or an American, for example, it has a very different system to the one you're used to... and your early decisions when setting up really matter.
If you’re about to launch in Spain, get the foundation right.
You’ll thank yourself (and me!) in six months.
And if you’re already in but uneasy about your setup, you’re not alone, I help international businesses course-correct every day.
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