International Notarial Services
We provide a full range of notarial certification and notarization services for international clients, including consular legalisation of documents and obtaining an Apostille according to The Hague Convention (Documents for use in certain countries require only to be legalised by the President of the District Court (Landgericht) by means of an Apostille in the internationally agreed format. Documents in this category do not subsequently have to be legalised by the Consulate of the intended country of use).
Our services comprise:
Certification Services
- Certification of signature, i. e. verifying the identity of the person signing the document in question and ensuring that he/she has legal capacity to do so;
- Certificate of existence of a German company including information on the companies trade name, corporate domicile and registered address;
- Certificate as to who is entitled to represent the company and if required a short legal opinion on the scope of the power of representation of the director (“Geschäftsführer”) or the holder of a special proxy (Prokurist);
- Certificates on legal successions, on changes in the trade name of a company, on changes in its corporate domicile et cetera.
Corporate Law Notarizations
- Drafting and notarizing of deeds regarding the transfer of shares in a German company with limited liability (“GmbH”) or shares in companies of other legal forms from one shareholder to another.
- Drafting and notarizing of deeds regarding the change of the articles of association of a German company.
- Drafting and notarizing of deeds regarding the merger or spin off of German companies as well as international mergers or spin offs;
- Drafting and notarizing of deeds regarding the establishment of all kinds of companies in Germany as well as their registration with the Commercial Register.
Real Estate Law
All kind of transactions with regard to real estate situated in Germany.
If you seek assistance on a topic with international relevance, please address us via email to nicole.strahl@notare-zimmermann-buerger.eu