OVERVIEW
Incorporating a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) in India is a flexible and straightforward process. LLPs are a hybrid of a company and a partnership firm. They offer the benefits of a company, like limited liability, while also allowing the flexibility of a partnership. To have business partners means to share the risk, leverage individual talents and knowledge and build an employee division.
DEFINITION
LLP stands for Limited Liability Partnership. It is a business structure that combines elements of a partnership and a corporation, offering limited liability to its partners while allowing them to actively manage the business.
FEATURES OF LLPS
- SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY: LLPs have a separate legal entity from their partners.
- LIMITED LIABILITY: Partners are only liable for their own contributions to the LLP.
- PERPETUAL SUCCESSION: LLPs can continue to exist even if partners change.
- FLEXIBLE INTERNAL STRUCTURE: LLPs can organize their internal structure like a partnership.
- LOWER COMPLIANCE: LLPs have fewer regulations and lower compliance than companies.
LLP FORMATION
- A minimum of two partners are required to form an LLP.
- There is no upper limit on the number of partners.
- At least two designated partners must be natural persons, and at least one must be an Indian resident.
- The partners must enter into an LLP agreement to define their rights and duties.