Common situations in which businesses may be required to use a
notary public include:
- buying a company or property overseas
- setting up a branch or company overseas
- bidding for contracts overseas
- granting a power of attorney to authorise a someone to act on
behalf of the company in an overseas jurisdiction
- in overseas legal proceedings or by a public authority
- making an affidavit or statement to be used in overseas legal
proceedings or by a public authority overseas.
There are also more specialist situations such
as under maritime law, a note of protest is to be made before a
notary public (where due to bad weather or some accident at sea,
damage may have occurred to a ship or its cargo, the note is to
report that the damage was not caused by any negligence or
misconduct on the part of the master, officers or crew).
Find out more about how we can help businesses
with interests or assets overseas.
