Business Formalities

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No, a parent is not allowed to create a company with his minor children.

Yes it is possible by means of a power of attorney.

A Limited Liability Company cannot have another Limited Liability Company composed of a single person as unique partner

Entities entitled to provide an in-kind contribution to a company are physical persons fulfilling conditions of judicial competence, and legal entities fulfilling conditions of judicial personality.

The company's Articles of Association should include an estimation of every in-kind contributed item made by a contribution auditor designated unanimously by future partners, or failing such, by ordinance of the Court President sentenced as temporary injunction following a request by the most diligent future partner.

Yes, no law forbids that.

1. •    The permanent establishment name,
   •    Its activity,
   •    Its Head Office,
   •    Its legal Representative.

1. 1.    Obtention of the Negative Certificate from the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC) to acquire a permanent establishment title,
2. 2.    Issuance of a Decision Statement of Facts concerning the opening of the permanent establishment,
3. 3.    Establishment of a tax domiciliation address in Morocco,
4. 4.    Registration of the Decision Statement of Facts at the taxation administration,
5. 5. 

Foreign companies intending to settle in Morocco have the choice among many types of representation, namely permanent establishments and subsidiaries.
Both types share the characteristic of being dependent of a parent company but at different degrees:

Many legal business structures are provided for by Moroccan law, mainly:

•    Self-Employment (Liberal Professions)
•    Individual Entrepreneurship
•    General partnership (SNC)
•    Limited Partnership Business Entity (SCS)
•    Limited Liability Company (SARL)
•    Public limited company (SA)
•    Simplified joint stock company (new SAS)
•    Partnership limited by shares (SCA)
•    Joint venture (JV)
•    Economic Interest Grouping (GIE)
•    Permanent Establishment