Notarization & Certified Translation
Powers of attorney, contract notarization and certified legal translation accepted by official bodies.
Trusted notarization and certified legal translation, delivered through precise formal procedures that guarantee documents are valid and accepted before official and judicial bodies.
Our services include
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Powers of Attorney & Declarations
Preparation of legal powers of attorney and all declarations and authorisations per local requirements.
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Company Contracts & Resolutions
Notarization of constitutional documents, shareholder resolutions and meeting minutes per local regulations.
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Debt Instruments
Preparation of debt acknowledgements and financial undertakings that preserve rights.
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Contracts Between Parties
Notarization of civil and commercial contracts and agreements between individuals and entities.
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Certified Legal Translation
Certified translation of documents and contracts from many world languages into Arabic — faithful to the original and officially accepted before the judiciary, arbitral tribunals and investigative bodies.
What We Notarise and Translate
Powers of attorney
General and special powers drafted to define authority precisely — a loose power is dangerous, and an over-narrow one defeats its purpose.
Acknowledgements and authorisations
Acknowledgements of debt, waivers and authorisations, drafted to preserve the right and to stand up when relied on.
Corporate documents
Notarisation of constitutive documents, shareholder resolutions and minutes, in the form the competent authorities require.
Agreements between parties
Notarisation of civil and commercial agreements between individuals and entities under the applicable rules.
Legalisation for use abroad
Completing the chain — notarisation before the Ministry of Justice, then legalisation through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the relevant embassy — so the document is accepted outside the State.
Certified legal translation
Certified translation accepted before the courts, arbitral tribunals and investigating authorities, faithful to legal terminology rather than to the literal words.
What We Handle
- Drafting powers of attorney and defining authority
- Notarising acknowledgements and waivers
- Notarising corporate documents and resolutions
- Legalisation for use at home and abroad
- Translation of contracts and legal documents
- Translation of judgments and pleadings
- Reviewing translations prepared elsewhere
- Assembling document bundles for filing
How We Work
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Establish the purpose first
We ask which authority the document is going to before drafting it, because formal requirements differ — and redoing the work costs more time than asking.
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Draft to the required scope
Defining the authority in a power of attorney to cover the purpose and no more — an unnecessarily wide power exposes the grantor to acts they never intended.
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Notarisation
Completing notarisation before the competent authority on the client’s behalf wherever authority permits.
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The legalisation chain
Where the document is for use abroad, completing each link in the correct order — a missing link sends the document back to the beginning.
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Translation and review
Certified translation reviewed by a lawyer and not only a linguist, because it is the precision of the legal term that is relied on, not the elegance of the prose.
Frequently Asked Questions
I am outside Qatar — can I appoint you? +
Yes. The power of attorney is executed in your country of residence and legalised through the competent authorities and the Qatari embassy, then recognised inside the State. We send the required wording in advance so it is not rejected on a point of form.
What is the difference between notarisation and legalisation? +
Notarisation gives the instrument formal authority before the competent authority inside the State. Legalisation is the subsequent chain of certifications that makes the document acceptable outside it. A document notarised domestically is not, on its own, enough for use abroad.
Is any translation accepted by the courts? +
No. A document filed in a language other than Arabic requires a certified translation; an ordinary translation is not accepted however good its language.
Is a general power of attorney better? +
Not necessarily, and usually the opposite. A general power confers wide authority that may go well beyond what the grantor intended. We prefer authority defined to the purpose, with an express period of validity.
How do I revoke a power of attorney? +
Revocation is effected before the authority where it was notarised, together with notice to the attorney and to the bodies before which it might be relied on. The notice matters in practice, because an act done before a third party learns of the revocation may still bind you.
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