S.A. (corporation)
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| Business law |
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| Business organizations |
| Basic forms: |
| Sole proprietorship |
| Corporation |
| Partnership (General · Limited · LLP) |
| Cooperative |
| USA: |
| Business trust · LLC · LLLP Delaware corporation Nevada corporation |
| UK/Commonwealth: |
| Limited company (By shares · By guarantee) (Public · Proprietary) |
| Civil law countries: |
| AB · AG · ANS · A/S · GmbH |
| K.K. · N.V. · OY · S.A. |
| European Company Statute |
| Doctrines |
| Corporate governance |
| Limited liability · Ultra vires |
| Business judgment rule |
| De facto corporation and corporation by estoppel |
| Piercing the corporate veil |
| Related areas of law |
| Contract · Civil procedure |
S.A. generally designates corporations in various countries. This translates literally in all languages mentioned as anonymous company or share company and can be differentiated from partnerships and limited liability companies.
In Central America S.A. refers to the stricter corporate laws, that allow individuals to form legal corporations without revealing their identity, via the use of bearer bonds.
S.A. is the abbreviation of:
- Société Anonyme in French,
- Società anonima (SA) in Italian Switzerland,
- Spółka Akcyjna in Polish,
- Sociedade Anônima (Brazilian) Anónima (European) in Portuguese,
- Societate pe Acţiuni in Romanian,
- Sociedad Anónima or Sociedad por Acciones in Spanish,
- equivalent to Società per Azioni (S.p.A.) in Italian,
- equivalent to Naamloze Vennootschap (N.V.) in Dutch,
- equivalent to Anonymi Etairia (A.E.) or Ανώνυμη Εταιρία in Greek,
- equivalent to Akciová společnost (AS) in Czech,
- equivalent to Public limited company (Plc) in English.
- equivalent to Anonim Şirket (A.Ş.) in Turkish.
- equivalent to Aktiengesellschaft (AG) in German.
For the art group, see Société Anonyme, Inc.de:Société anonyme
el:Ανώνυμη Εταιρεία
es:Sociedad anónima
fr:Société anonyme
it:Società anonima
nl:Naamloze vennootschap
tr:Anonim Şirket
