EM Group

About EM Group

Specialising in the online gaming sector, this group combines compliance, corporate and licensing support for operators active in Curacao, Malta, the Netherlands and Cyprus, with its Maltese office in Sliema and further offices in Willemstad, Amsterdam and Nicosia. It reports a global team of 55 people, around 250 clients and several hundred gaming licence applications handled. On the corporate side it forms companies, administers them, provides director and company secretary support, arranges banking and payment accounts and helps with tax and VAT matters. Alongside this sit know-your-client and anti-money-laundering policies, regulatory reporting, website compliance and player-fund separation structures such as a Dutch foundation. Clients are typically start-up and established operators needing a licence and a compliant corporate base across several jurisdictions. Staff communicate in English and Dutch, and the website is in English.

Services

Corporate services include company incorporation in Malta, Curacao and Cyprus, ongoing company administration and governance, director and company secretary appointments, banking and payment account set-up, and tax and VAT assistance. Compliance work covers client due diligence, AML and CFT policy drafting, regulatory reporting, risk assessments, complaint handling, compliance audits and website compliance. Licensing support covers applications, maintenance and renewals in several jurisdictions, jurisdiction selection advice, and set-up of separate player-funds foundations.

• ✓ Company formation: offered
• ✕ Accounting and bookkeeping: not listed
• ✓ Tax compliance: offered
• ✓ VAT: offered
• ✕ Payroll: not listed
• ✕ Audit: not listed
• ✓ Bank account assistance: offered
• ✕ Residency and visas: not listed
• ✓ Corporate secretarial: offered
• ✕ Virtual office: not listed

Licences and registrations

• Licensed corporate service provider (trust and corporate services licence in several jurisdictions
• no numbers published)

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