Legalisation

• Legalisation is a procedure to authenticate a foreign document, typically for administrative formalities.
  There are three possible scenarios for administrative formalities involving foreign documents: legalisation, apostille and exemption.
  If a document needs to be translated and legalised for use in another country, there are two alternatives: legalisation (at a Town Hall or Chamber of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Consulate of the destination country) if the destination country has not signed the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 (the "Apostille Convention"), or an apostille (at a Town Hall or Chamber of Commerce, and a Court of Appeal) if the destination country has signed this Convention.

• We are highly proficient in dealing with these administrative intricacies and continually monitor changes to the applicable procedures for documents that require legalisation or an apostille. We can offer clients full support in completing the formalities by means of services that are clearly defined and explained, and fully transparent.