KHAOS Legal · Services
Legal and tax advice for business decisions
We do not start with a catalogue of legal services. We start with the decision: what you want to do, what may change and where cost, risk or responsibility may appear.
KHAOS Legal helps owners, founders, investors and management teams check legal, tax, ownership and regulatory consequences before company setup, restructuring, investor entry, regulated activity, expansion or exit.
Decision areas: company, tax, Poland, regulation, investors, blockchain, exit, business review, dual-use.
Start or scale a business
Early decisions often look technical: legal form, share split, first contracts, IP ownership and financing. In practice, they decide who has control, how an investor can come in, what happens in a dispute and whether the company can later be sold without cleaning everything up under pressure.
We check whether the ownership structure, documents and operating model fit what is supposed to happen next: growth, investment, hiring, financing or a change among founders.
Typical questions
- Does the current legal form fit the next stage of growth?
- Does the shareholders' agreement protect the business in difficult moments?
- Are IP ownership and first contracts properly aligned?
Rethink your tax setup
In tax, the problem is often not the rate itself but the way money moves through the business. What matters is who receives the money, on what basis, how it is documented and whether the current setup still fits the scale of the business.
We look at CIT, VAT, withholding tax, transfer pricing, distributions to owners, dealings with related parties and the tax effects of a planned change in structure.
Typical questions
- Does money flow the way the documents say it does?
- Does the tax structure still fit the size of the business?
- What changes with an investor, a reorganisation or a sale?
Set up in Poland
A Polish company is more than a KRS entry. From the start you have to arrange representation, tax, banking, accounting, CRBR, contracts and the responsibility of the people managing it.
We help check whether a Polish structure will work operationally, for tax and for ownership — especially when foreign owners, investors, counterparties or board members are involved.
Typical questions
- Is a Polish company the right answer?
- How should representation and board responsibility be arranged?
- Which obligations appear once the company is registered?
Launch a regulated business
Not every product can simply be launched and sold. Sometimes the business model itself brings regulatory duties, AML obligations, a register entry, a licence or specific rules for communicating with clients.
We check whether the activity needs procedures, notifications, authorisations, an AML assessment, internal documentation or a change in how the service is offered.
Typical questions
- Does the model need a registration, notification or licence?
- Will a bank, investor or partner ask about AML procedures?
- Who is responsible for keeping the activity compliant?
Build or scale a blockchain project
In blockchain projects, product decisions quickly become legal and tax decisions. Token function, distribution, treasury, governance, AML and founder responsibility should be checked before the project grows.
We look at the token structure, tax, regulation, AML, community relations, documentation and the risks carried by the team and the entities involved in the project.
Typical questions
- Does the token's function create regulatory duties?
- How should distribution, treasury or token-based pay be taxed?
- Do the documents keep up with how the project actually works?
Plan an exit from your business
An exit has to be prepared before a buyer appears or liquidation begins. The biggest problems usually surface in contracts, tax, liability, assets and corporate documents.
We check whether a share sale, an asset sale, a sale of the enterprise or closing down is the better route, and what needs to be put in order before negotiations, due diligence or liquidation.
Typical questions
- What could lower the price or drag out the transaction?
- Do a share sale and an asset sale have different tax effects?
- What should be fixed before talking to a buyer?
Business review
When there is no single transaction yet, but the business has grown, changed model or its documents no longer match reality, it is worth starting with a review.
We map the structure, tax, contracts, responsibility and risks, then point out what needs fixing and in what order.
Typical questions
- Does the business work the way the documents suggest?
- What could get in the way of an investor, a sale or financing?
- Are a few changes enough, or is a larger reorganisation needed?
Navigate dual-use & export controls
If you sell, ship, develop or finance goods, software or technology that can have both civilian and military use, you have to check classification, licences, sanctions, the recipient and the end use.
We help assess whether the matter needs further classification, a licence, procedures, transaction limits or additional documentation.
Typical questions
- Could the technology have dual-use significance?
- Does the risk come from the recipient, the country or the end use?
- Which documents should exist before a sale or shipment?