Spanish Department

There are two notaries in the Spanish Department, Maria T Godoy Gomez (Partner and Scrivener Notary) and Martin Charlton (Assistant Notary).

We provide notarial services for clients doing business in Spain and Latin America. We can assist you in the following areas:

Notarial services for Corporate Clients doing business in Spain

English Companies / Limited Liability Partnerships registered at Companies House

Private Clients

English Companies / Limited Liability Partnerships registered at Companies House

Powers of Attorney

We prepare powers of attorney in Spanish/English bilingual form for companies and limited liability partnerships doing business in Spain for execution at our offices/client's offices or before local notaries. For example:

To incorporate Spanish private limited companies: "Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada/Sociedad Anónima"
To buy and sell shares ("acciones") or participations ("participaciones") in Spanish companies
To establish Spanish Branch Offices and Representative Offices
To manage Spanish Branch Offices
To purchase, sell, mortgage and manage property
To provide third party guarantees
For litigation
To open and operate bank accounts
To obtain a Spanish Tax Identification Number and appoint a Spanish tax representative
To appoint agents to complete other transactions in Spain

Offshore Companies

We prepare powers of attorney and revocations in Spanish/English bilingual form (see above list) and provide official Spanish translations of company documents, such as, Certificates of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Doing Business in Latin America (Spanish Speaking)

We also provide notarial services relating to documentation for use in Spanish speaking Latin America. eg Powers of Attorney, notarially certified company documents (Certificates of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association, Board Resolutions), bid and tender documentation, official Spanish translations, etc.

Spanish Companies

If you are a Director (or duly appointed Attorney-in-fact) of a Spanish Company and need to execute a document for Spain, it is possible to execute certain documents before an English notary. Where necessary, we will liaise with your Spanish lawyer. We regularly prepare the following documents signed by Directors on behalf of Spanish companies:

All kinds of powers of attorney eg for litigation, to manage the business, purchase, sell and mortgage properties, buy and sell shares etc.
"Elevaciones a Público de Acuerdos Sociales" (Notarial Deeds recording company resolutions) eg on resignation and appointment of directors, change of management structure/registered office/company name, amendment to articles of association, etc.

Legalisation of Documents

We will arrange for documents to be legalised by Apostille pursuant to The Hague Convention of 5th October 1961 for use in Spain/Latin America. Where the Latin American country in question has not ratified The Hague Convention, we will arrange for the documents to be legalised by the relevant Consulate in London.

Private Clients

Powers of Attorney

We prepare powers of attorney, revocations and ratifications in Spanish/English bilingual form for private individuals for use in Spain for execution at our offices or before local notaries. For example, we prepare the following powers of attorney:

To purchase, sell, mortgage and manage property in Spain
To provided third party guarantees
For litigation
To open and operate bank accounts in Spain
To obtain a Spanish Tax Identification Number (NIE) and appoint a Spanish tax representative
To incorporate Spanish private limited companies: "Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada/Sociedad AnÓnima"
To buy and sell shares ("acciones") or participations ("participaciones") in Spanish companies
To appoint agents to complete other transactions in Spain

Doing business in Latin America (Spanish speaking)

We also notarise Powers of Attorney for use in Spanish speaking Latin America.

Administration of the Estate of a Deceased British National in Spain

If you are the executor/beneficiary of an estate in Spain, we will liaise with your Spanish Lawyer in order to provide him/her with the necessary documentation to wind up the estate in Spain. For example, we provide the following services:

Translation of English Death Certificate into Spanish
Conduct a search at the Central Wills Registry in Madrid. The search will reveal whether the deceased executed a Spanish Will.
Translation into Spanish of English Grant of Probate with Will annexed / Letters of Administration
Preparation of Powers of Attorney for execution by executor/beneficiary to the estate (required where they cannot travel to Spain to sign the Spanish Inheritance Deed before a Notary)

Legalisation of documents

Contacts:

De Pinna Notaries

35 Piccadilly, London, W1J 0LJ
Tel : +44 (0)20 7208 2900,
Fax : +44 (0)20 7208 0066
info@depinna.co.uk

Entrance in Swallow Street, Opposite St James's Church

Telephone020 7208 2900