International Notary Services
WVT delivers civil-law notarial services across the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland, with apostille and legalisation, for individuals, multinationals in relation to cross-border (corporate) transactions.
Notarial Services Across Four Jurisdictions
WVT's notary services span the jurisdictions ofof the Netherlands, Luxembourg Switzerland and the US. Each jurisdiction has its own statutory framework for notarial acts and notary services.
One Engagement, Multiple Notarial Systems
North American multinationals and European holding groups regularly need notarial deeds, legalizations of documents with or without apostille executed in two or three jurisdictions to close a single transaction. WVT handles Dutch BV incorporations, Luxembourg SARL deeds, Swiss GmbH formations and US legalization and apostille services within one engagement. That removes the coordination burden of running parallel notarial workstreams.
Our expertise
WVT’s notarial service serves multinationals, private equity houses and family offices on cross-border corporate transactions.
Legal Services
Our civil-law notaries draft and execute notarial deeds for incorporations, share transfers, capital increases, articles amendments, cross-border mergers, demergers and pledges. Each deed is prepared in English and underlying-language form where required, and reviewed against the corporate documents of the wider transaction.
Tax Advisory
Notarial acts often determine the tax position of a transaction — particularly on share transfers, mergers and capital movements. WVT's tax advisors review every notarial step for Dutch corporate income tax, Luxembourg participation exemption, Swiss withholding and US treaty consequences before the deed is executed.
Cross-Border Service
Cross-border corporate transactions routinely require notarisation on the seller side, the buyer side and at the holding-company level. WVT coordinates Dutch, Luxembourg, Swiss and US legalizations with or without apostille and embassy legalisation, delivering the full document chain on a single closing timeline.
Cross-Border Notarisation, Authentication and Legalisation
Notarial deeds executed in one jurisdiction frequently need to be recognised in another. WVT manages apostille and legalisation alongside the underlying notarisation, so documents move through banks, registries and counterparties without procedural delay.
Document Recognition Across Jurisdictions
A Dutch notarial deed used in the United States, or a US power of attorney used in Luxembourg, requires authentication beyond the original notary's seal. WVT handles apostille certification under the 1961 Hague Convention and full embassy legalisation for non-Hague jurisdictions. For multinationals running closings across three or four countries, this matters operationally. Our notaries prepare deeds that are correctly formatted for downstream apostille, removing the rejected-document delays that derail cross-border closings.
FAQ's
Why use one firm for notarial work across multiple jurisdictions?
Are WVT's notaries qualified civil-law notaries in each jurisdiction?
What corporate acts require a civil-law notary in the Netherlands, Luxembourg or Switzerland?
Statutory monopoly varies by jurisdiction. Notarial deeds are mandatory for BV/NV incorporation and share transfers in the Netherlands, SARL/SA incorporation and most capital changes in Luxembourg, and GmbH/AG incorporation and most articles amendments in Switzerland. Real estate transfers also require notarisation in each civil-law jurisdiction.
How does US notarisation differ from civil-law notarial work?
Can WVT handle notarisation for fund structures and PE transactions?
Civil-law notarial capability across four jurisdictions, in one engagement.
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We believe it is essential that our corporate lawyers and tax advisors work together from the beginning of a project.
Collaborating in this way means the different fields of expertise can achieve optimum synergy. The result of which is a coherent corporate client structure.