Your offshore company:
A look at the paperwork

				Overview
				Certificate of Incorporation
				Memorandum and Articles
				Appointment of First Directors
				Minutes of First Meeting
				Register of Directors
				Register of Shareholders
				Share certificates
				Company seal
				Certificate of Good Standing
				Apostille
				Management agreement
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OFFSHORE-FOX.COM
with Peter Widder

The first director, or directors, of any offshore company is/are usually appointed by an incorporator's resolution immediately after incorporation.

Unless your incorporation agent has provided a nominee director -- a party acting on your behalf to protect your identity or ease administration -- your company paperwork is likely to include an Appointment of First Directors.

The Appointment usually takes the form of a simple document giving the name(s) of the first director(s) appointed, signed by the offshore company incorporator.

Ideally, the incorporator's signature on this document should be verified by a notary public. Thereafter, the notary's signature should be apostilled. This will ensure that there is no question as to the validity of the director(s) appointment, both in and outside of the jurisdiction of incorporation.

Years of experience tell the author of this article that banks in continental Europe tend to be particularly fussy when it comes to paperwork confirming the directorship of offshore companies. Getting the Appointment of First Directors properly legalised will save you time at account opening.

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