Private limited company the German equivalent. On one hand it is possible to consider it as a kind of "Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung" (GmbH) because it has aspects of a corporation; on the other hand it could be considered to be a kind of "Kommanditgesellschaft" (KG), which is the German equivalent of a limited partnership. Based on the literal translation of the word "company", an LLC should be considered to be a kind of KG without any liable partner. The German equivalent that comes closest to LLC, is GmbH & Co KG, a nested Kommanditgesellschaft (KG) where a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH)
Private limited company has his/her own shares and is responsible for business liability equivalent to his/her share percentage. LLPs in Iran are named according to the format illustrated by the following example: "Sherkat Ba Masooliyate Mahdood" translates as "Sherkat شرکت Company" + "Mahdood محدود Limited" + "Masooliyat مسئولیت Liability". The , approved in 1942 and as amended by the Government Act 6/2003 and furthers modifications, mainly provides three forms of limited liability company: Companies append the corresponding abbreviation to their company names. Japan passed legislation in 1996 creating a new type of business organization, godo kaisha (J-LLC), a close variant of the American