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If your company has multiple entities with ownership or operational relationships, you can map your corporate structure in Commenda.

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Relationship types

Commenda supports the following relationship types between entities:
RelationshipDescription
Parent / SubsidiaryOne entity owns or controls another
Joint ventureTwo or more entities share ownership of a venture
Sister companyEntities that share a common parent
AffiliateEntities with a business relationship but not direct ownership
Supplier / CustomerEntities with a commercial trading relationship
Mergers & AcquisitionsEntities involved in M&A activity

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Setting up relationships

1

Go to an entity

Navigate to Entities and select one of the entities in the relationship.
2

Open the Ownership tab

Click the Ownership tab.
3

Add a relationship

Click Add relationship and select the other entity and the relationship type.

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Org chart view

Open Corporate structure from the company-level navigation to see every entity in your group as a diagram, with the ownership percentages and key persons of each entity laid out as a graph. The view is generated automatically from the shareholdings recorded on the Ownership tab — you do not maintain it separately. Each node in the diagram includes:
  • The entity’s legal name and incorporation country
  • The entity type and tax classification
  • A summary of the entity’s key persons and bank accounts
Edges show the ownership percentage between a parent and a subsidiary, and highlight any link where the parent has significant control. Control-only links — where a corporate shareholder holds 0% but exercises significant control — are rendered as dashed edges to distinguish them from equity ownership. If your workspace contains entities that are not yet linked into the structure, the org chart shows a banner above the diagram listing the unlinked entities so you can attach them.

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Why corporate structure matters

Defining your corporate structure is important for:
  • Transfer pricing — intercompany transactions require documentation when entities are related
  • Compliance — some jurisdictions have specific filing requirements for parent-subsidiary relationships
  • Beneficial ownership reporting — many jurisdictions require disclosure of indirect UBOs that arise through the structure
  • Reporting — Commenda can generate reports that reflect your complete corporate hierarchy