Warsaw · London
EU Mandate & Co. structures and runs market entry for businesses that cannot sell into a market from outside it. We work in two directions: UK and US businesses establishing operations in the European Union, and Ukrainian manufacturers entering the United Kingdom, the European Union and the United States.
Entity, VAT, product compliance and operations in Poland, coordinated under a single engagement.
Explore EU Entry → For Ukrainian manufacturersMarket readiness, commercial strategy, and the structure a Western buyer needs before it can contract with you.
Explore the Ukrainian Practice →The Executive Challenge
Entering a new market conventionally means assembling a panel of separate advisers: a law firm for the entity, a tax adviser, VAT and compliance specialists, a logistics partner, a local director. Each has its own engagement letter, its own fee structure and its own view of the operation.
The failures happen in the spaces between them. They are found late, and the client usually pays for them.
For Ukrainian manufacturers the obstacle often comes earlier. There is no entity a Western buyer can contract with, compliance obligations cannot be held from outside the market, and nobody is in the room to negotiate in English.
EU Mandate & Co. holds the whole programme: one engagement, one timeline, one accountable counterparty. Where a formal legal or tax opinion is needed, we engage a qualified specialist and manage them.
For UK and US Businesses
Seven interlocking practices for UK and US businesses establishing operations in the EU. Engagements are scoped to the client, from single-jurisdiction structuring to multi-entity programmes.
Comprehensive corporate entity structuring, product safety compliance, and proactive regulatory navigation. We act as your dedicated regulatory counsel as your business scales within the Single Market — providing end-to-end advisory on EPR scheme registration, technical product documentation, and CE marking guidance.
Learn More →Strategic EU company formation tailored to your capital and operational requirements. From rapid Polish Sp. z o.o. incorporation to identifying the most cost- and time-efficient EU jurisdictions for long-term corporate compliance and minimal ongoing overhead.
Learn More →Full-scale management of EU VAT, IOSS, and OSS registration. We handle ongoing multi-jurisdictional tax compliance across all EU member states, mitigating Permanent Establishment risk and streamlining cross-border financial reporting.
Learn More →Coordination of your obligations under the General Product Safety Regulation: putting the right EU Responsible Person in place, maintaining technical documentation, and managing liaison with market surveillance authorities. Once you have your own EU entity, it can hold the role itself.
Learn More →End-to-end supply chain localisation. From institutional 3PL selection and contract negotiation through to bespoke own-warehouse setup — including industrial site selection, structural fit-out, and operational launch coordination across Poland and the wider CEE region.
Learn More →Advisory on workforce deployment and local presence. We coordinate executive search, recruitment partners, and onboarding for clients building real operational substance in Poland — from core logistics personnel through to senior operational management.
Learn More →Strategic advisory on European Union funding structures and the Polish Investment Zone (PIZ). We identify available tax exemptions and capital grant programmes, assess client eligibility, and coordinate qualified Polish advisers through application and award.
Learn More →Ukrainian Practice
Many capable Ukrainian manufacturers are shut out of the UK, the EU and the US for reasons unrelated to their product. We work in stages, so that no manufacturer commits to a full programme before the opportunity has been tested.
A written assessment of whether your certification, pricing, warranty terms and commercial presentation will stand up to a Western buyer, and which markets to prioritise. Delivered within 7–10 working days, followed by a decision call with your management.
Competitor research, a market-entry strategy, and the qualification of distributors and importers, followed by direct approaches to counterparties and support through negotiation.
Coordination of the structure, compliance and operations needed to trade, and ongoing representation in the market, scoped to what the launch actually requires.
We work on the ground in Ukraine, with a colleague based in Ternopil, so first conversations can be held in Ukrainian. Negotiations with Western counterparties are conducted in English.
More on the Ukrainian Practice →How We Partner
EU entry programmes follow a defined method. We do not bill by the hour. Each programme is scoped to the client, delivered in three coordinated phases, and governed under a single Master Services Agreement.
We begin with a comprehensive review of your corporate architecture, supply chain footprint, and regulatory exposure. The output is a documented EU entry blueprint — corporate structure, fiscal posture, regulatory roadmap, and operational sequencing — that anchors every subsequent decision.
Our team executes the legal, fiscal, and logistical setup. This includes entity formation, cross-border tax registration, regulatory representation, banking coordination, and where required, facility selection, fit-out, and local recruitment coordination.
As you scale, we provide active local presence, continuous compliance monitoring across VAT-OSS, GPSR, GDPR, and EPR obligations, and ongoing strategic counsel — including capital optimisation through PIZ and grant programmes where eligible.
EU programmes are scoped following an initial diagnostic call, which is why we do not publish fixed pricing for them.
Engage Our Advisory Team →Strategic Jurisdiction
For most UK and US enterprises entering the EU, Poland represents the optimal combination of corporate efficiency, logistics geography, and tax architecture. We treat jurisdiction selection as a strategic question — Poland is the answer in the majority of cases, but never by default. For many Ukrainian manufacturers, it is also the most practical first market inside the EU.
Operational costs materially below Germany or the Netherlands, without sacrificing infrastructure quality, EU market access, or compliance standing. Warsaw establishes meaningful EU presence at a fraction of Western European overhead.
24–48 hour delivery to every major EU market. Poland's central geography, deep-water Baltic ports, and motorway network make it the natural distribution hub for the Single Market and CEE region.
9% corporate tax rate for qualifying small taxpayers, the Polish Investment Zone (PIZ) tax exemption regime, and a mature VAT-OSS infrastructure for cross-border Single Market compliance from day one.
We welcome enquiries from directors and senior commercial leaders of UK and US businesses entering the EU, and of Ukrainian manufacturers selling into the UK, the EU and the US.
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