London Notary Services
London Notary Services advice
Our London Notary Service offers an efficient and comprehensive service to both UK and international corporate and private clients. We help clients to accomplish their business objectives as well as resolve their private matters.
Our fast-growing range of clients include UK and international companies opening up subsidiaries overseas, expanding business within the UK and abroad, and buying property.
We can work with documents in many languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and French. We also have an outsourcing network of skilled translators for those languages not catered for in house.
Services for your business
- Authentication and attestation of executing foreign and UK corporate and commercial documents for use abroad including:
- Powers of attorney
- Company formation and opening of international branches and subsidiaries
- Transfer of shares
- Trade agreements
- Tenders and contracts
- Commercial Mortgages for International financing
- Certifying copies of company resolutions, minutes, reports and other company documents
- Affidavits, statutory declarations, sworn statements and depositions by company directors and officers
- Notarising certificates of good standing
- Applications for patent registration or assignment
- Protest of bills of exchange
- Providing certificates to authenticate intellectual property rights
- Notarising statements regarding UK and international copyright infringements
- Affidavits of English corporate and commercial law for use abroad
- Affidavits of Spanish company and commercial law for use in England and abroad
Spanish corporate documents.
Preparing and notarising:
- Powers of Attorney by companies
- Deeds of incorporation for Spanish companies and opening branches and subsidiaries
- Dissolution and liquidation of Spanish companies
- Deeds of share transfers and participations in Spanish companies
- Deeds for the acquisition of Spanish businesses
- Deeds for the increase and reduction of capital
- Amendments to Articles of Association
- Appointments and removals of company directors and officers
Why should the client use us?
- One of 14 Notary Practices within the City of London (the only Notary Practice in EC1)
- Highly experienced
- High quality and professional service
- Client care focused
- Competitive rates
- Quick and efficient
- Accessible
- Flexible hours
The independent notary is backed by an extensive range of supporting legal services provided by Irwin Mitchell Solicitors.
Fees
The Notaries Society does not recommend a standard fee for a notarial certificate. Notaries' fees however usually match fees charged by a specialist solicitor in the same geographical area.
We offer very competitive rates and discounts for multiple copies of the same document.
Prospective clients are provided with an estimate of fees and disbursements for the required service. To receive an estimate, please send a copy of the document that requires notarisation by faxing it to 0207 242 5978 or emailing notary@irwinmitchell.com. We can then assess the work required and provide you with an accurate estimate.
Legalisation
Legalisation is the process by which the identity and authority of a notary is verified or certified by the state in which the notary is authorised to practise.
In most cases English notarial documents need to be legalised before they can render full effects in a particular foreign jurisdiction.
Legalisation is normally done at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, at the Consular Office of the country where the document is to be used, or at both offices (Foreign and Commonwealth Office and foreign Consulate).
Foreign and Commonwealth Office legalisation
Those countries who are parties to The Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 [http://www.hcch.net] require that the document is apostilled. In the UK this is done by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and consists of presenting the document to a C.F.O. officer, who will check the credentials of the authorising notary and affix a certificate or Apostille on the notarised document.
In some cases, for example where the documents are to be used in contentious matters, certain countries may also require consular legalisations despite being parties to The Hague Convention.
We can arrange legalisation at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for our clients.
Consular legalisation
Those countries who are not parties to The Hague Convention 1961 often require legalisation at any of their local consulates in the UK.
The consular officer will examine the document and place a certificate confirming the validity of the notarised document. Timescales for legalisation depend on the Consulate.
In many countries consular authorities require that the document is previously apostilled at the Foreign and Commonwealth office. We can arrange consular legalisation for our clients.
Call Susana De las Cuevas-Nagle now on 0207 421 3970 to arrange a consultation, or use the links above to drop us a line.