Our Experience

We offers a wide range of legal services for businesses, including:

• Distributor agreements
• Agency agreements
• Consultancy agreements
• Shareholders agreements
• Joint Venture agreements
• Partnership agreements
• Strategic alliance agreements
• Venture capital/business angels funding arrangements
• Business/company sales and purchase agreements
• Out-sourcing agreements
• IT agreements
• Content agreements
• Agreements with suppliers
• Standard customer agreements/terms and conditions of business
• Non-standard (negotiated) customer agreements
• Employment contracts
• Directors service contracts
• Non-disclosure agreements
• Bidding/teaming agreements & bidding documentation
• Data Protection Act and privacy policies
• Employment policies such as disciplinary, grievance, illness, equal
opportunities, & e-mail policies
• e- commerce advice/advice on trading online/legal website reviews

And much more!

• Attesting execution of documents
• Providing certificates certifying the genuineness of copy documents,
signatures and execution of documents
• Taking declarations, Affidavits, Oaths and Acknowledgments
• Preparing Powers of Attorney
• Dealing with foreign probates
• Dispute resolution and the recording of private and commercial agreements
• Witnessing/attesting events and transactions

For Charities

In addition to the above types of legal work (which are also needed by most
charities) we offers a range of services specifically for charities, such as:

• General charity law advice
• Setting up charities
• Charity of the year agreements
• Charity mergers
• Commercial participator agreements
• Affinity deals
• Fund raising law advice
• Charity trading law advice

What are notaries and what services can they provide:

A Notary or Notary Public is a person, often in Hong Kong a Solicitor, having
through additional qualifications and training been granted the capacity and
power to act in legal transactions most frequently associated with foreign
jurisdictions. The education, training, and appointment of candidates is
supervised by the Master of the Court of Faculties.
Following admission the Master regulates the professional practice of all
Notaries and issues an annual Practising Certificate. The qualification of a
Notary is internationally recognised.
The acts of the Notary have special evidential status and weight abroad. The
Notary often acts in a way that bridges any differences between the legal
system of one nation with that of another so as to give lawful
effect to transactions arranged amongst parties separated by distance and
time.

Notaries create records and preserve evidence of activities, agreements,
transactions, and events. These processes are carried out for an individuals
own purposes; between parties to a transaction for their joint needs; to satisfy
the requirements of a public or judicial authority outside Hong Kong; or as
evidence for use in a foreign Court of Law. A Notary can also act as a
Commissioner for Oaths.

Routine legal transactions within Hong Kong will not usually involve Notarial
Services but a Notary may be asked to verify facts in some specialist banking
and shipping dealings.
Individuals and organisations in Hong Kong usually only require a Notary in
connection with services abroad arranged or to be transacted from here. An
individual may need a Notary to assist in the formalities
concerning the acquisition, management, or disposal of property abroad; in
relation to marriage in a different jurisdiction; in dealing with the Estate of a
deceased family member with foreign assets; or perhaps in connection with
litigation in another country.
Organisations may well have commercial and mercantile transactions to set up
and conduct abroad; foreign trading disputes to arbitrate or litigate; patents,
copyrights, to record and internationally protect; or perhaps need business
documents vouched in order to satisfy foreign government trading or fiscal
requirements.

Involvement and Cost

Following the engagement of a Notary or Notary Public quite what is involved
will depend upon the particular transaction. There are some common
identifying features. The Notary will personally attend his client; determine
needs and requirements; establish identity and legal capacity; consider any
documents already prepared or create those appropriate to the transaction;
supervise the signing and witnessing of documents; administer any relevant
supporting oath or statutory declaration; countersign in his own name and
apply his seal as required and where called for arrange for his signature and
seal to be verified by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and any Consular
Office. The Notary records all aspects of the transaction in his Register and
keeps copies of all papers for future reference.

The Master of the Court of Faculties has directed that a Notary should give an
indication of fees before commencing any work. An individual cost estimate is
given in advance. Where it can seen that in order to complete instructions,
there will be an outlay with others, details of those expenses are also given.
Where possible the full cost of the service is agreed beforehand so that it is
known at the outset what the charges will be.

Our prices are competitive, and our service is efficient, and effective to
safeguard you and your family's best interests, call us to discuss your
requirements and obtain an estimate of the costs involved in carrying out your
instructions.

Our Services

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