UAE: Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed establishes English-language notarial services office in Abu Dhabi

The new office is part of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department’s effort to provide innovative solutions that boost the emirate’s competitiveness and support its economic development. It will make it easier for businesses to operate by providing notarization and authentication services for contracts and documents in English without the need for translation. The office will also offer its services digitally, which will save clients time and effort and reduce transaction processing time. This will improve the quality of services and ensure customer satisfaction.

The new judicial services office is designed to meet the needs of non-Arabic speakers. It will eliminate the language barrier that prevents foreign clients from accessing judicial services by streamlining procedures for notarization and authentication of company contracts, board decisions, minutes, powers of attorney and declarations in English. This will increase investor confidence in judicial services and make Abu Dhabi more attractive to foreign investors.

The new judicial services office will serve non-Arab residents and businesses in Abu Dhabi. It will provide judicial services that suit the economic and demographic needs of the emirate, helping to facilitate business in Abu Dhabi and boosting the emirate’s competitiveness.

The office specializes in providing court services for notarization and authentication of transactions and documents in English without the need to provide an Arabic translation of the document. This is in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of Law No. 11 of 2017 on Public Notarial Services in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

This includes the following transactions and documents:

-Declarations and commitments, including monthly income statements, no objection to travel, waivers and others.

-Powers of all kinds.

-Signature authentication.

-Decisions of the Board of Directors and meeting minutes.

-Everything related to documents issued by public and private companies and legal entities during or on the occasion of the exercise of their business activity.

The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department is committed to continually improving judicial services and streamlining judicial procedures. It adopts innovation as a fundamental principle in the development of the work of the courts, to meet the aspirations of Abu Dhabi as a global economic center that attracts companies, multinational companies and the best human talent in the world.