[charlesdm]

Perhaps it's more streamlined in the UK, but generally in Europe you will have to go to a notary.

The process is often 1) notary (incorporation deed creates the entity), 2) followed by setting up a bank account (get the initial capital in) and 3) do some additional registrations for your new entity, such as corporate and VAT number.

While it can take a while depending on the country, it in all honesty isn't as bad as portrayed. But since he was setting up a holding entity to hold the shares before he could incorporate his actual operating company, he had to go through it twice.