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Notarial services for diplomatic envoys, corporates and individuals — authentication, certification, affidavits and international documentation.
Why this matters
A notarised document is only useful if the receiving authority accepts it.
Many notarised Nigerian documents are returned by their receiving authorities — wrong form, wrong gateway, missing apostille, attestations in the wrong order. The firm prepares notarial work to the receiving authority’s requirements, not just to the Nigerian template.
— Notarial bench
Services
Mandates scope to a single instrument, a corporate notarial schedule, or ongoing notarial support for a mission or firm.
Phase 01
Authentication of documents
Identity, capacity and content verification.
Notarial certification
Certification in the form the receiving authority requires.
Affidavits & declarations
Sworn statements for domestic and foreign use.
Powers of attorney
Drafted, witnessed and notarised for international use.
Phase 02
Ministry of Foreign Affairs authentication
Routed and despatched on the client’s behalf.
Consular legalisation
Foreign-mission legalisation for non-apostille jurisdictions.
Apostille gateway
Where the receiving country is an apostille jurisdiction.
Notarial attestations
Multi-page, sealed and bound to receiving-authority standards.
Phase 03
International documentation
Estate, immigration and corporate documents for foreign use.
Corporate notarial schedules
Bulk notarisation for transactions and corporate restructures.
Diplomatic notarial work
Notarial support for missions and consular posts.
Wills, deeds & trust instruments
Notarial witnessing for private-client matters.
Approach
Four steps. Click any one to see the artifacts produced.
Step 01 · Artifacts
Step 02 · Artifacts
Step 03 · Artifacts
Step 04 · Artifacts
Who we represent
A representative — not exhaustive — list of the clients the firm accepts mandates from under notary services.
What success looks like
01
Form, gateway and apostille verified before despatch.
02
Notarial register entry, certificate and bundle issued in one sitting.
03
The firm despatches and tracks; the client is not left running between agencies.
04
Each act recorded so the file is verifiable years later.
Bench on this matter
The notary public is partner-supervised; corporate and diplomatic schedules are partner-led.
Senior partner · notarial supervision
Supervises diplomatic and corporate notarial schedules — including complex international documentation.
Notary · daily notarial practice
Daily notarial practice — authentication, attestation, affidavits and despatch.
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