How can a European Company (SE) be established?
An SE can be set up in four ways: • by merger of two or more existing public limited-liability companies, • by formation of a holding company by two or more public or private limited-liability companies, • by formation of a subsidiary by two or more companies, • by transformation (conversion) of an existing public limited-liability company All types of formation share a cross-border element: they must always involve companies from at least two different EU member states. In the case of a transformation, the company must have had a subsidiary in another member state for at least two years.
