Highlights

Business is becoming global. The number of company documents for overseas use is increasing rapidly. Often these documents need to be witnessed or certified by Hong Kong Notaries Public.

Hong Kong Notaries Public belong to one of the 3 branches of the legal profession in Hong Kong. They witness, certify and authenticate documents going abroad to facilitate business globalisation.

As for local dimension, their notarial instruments now have evidential value here in Hong Kong Courts by virtue of the recent legislation of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance 2014. Hong Kong Notaries Public therefore play a role in the Administration of Justice.

In their professional or individual capacities, the accounting professionals may require notarial services. It is therefore desirable for them to know this topic.

In this presentation, the speaker will explain the above and demonstrate notarial services using real life examples, including those relevant to the accounting profession.

Outline:

1. Hong Kong Notaries Public

-Qualifications

-Governing Legislation

-Governing Body

-Duties & Functions

2. Hong Kong Notarial Services

-Why Business and Citizens Require?

-What Benefits Business and Citizens Acquire?

3. Hong Kong as a Popular Place for Notary Services

-Cultural

-Geographical

-Infrastructural

4. Peculiarities of Hong Kong Notarial Services

-Community

-Citizens' Expectation & Ways of Thinking

5. Hong Kong Notarial Services

-Popular Destinations in Past 2 Years

-Popular Sources of Work in Past 2 Years

6. Common Daily Notarial Work

-Companies

-Citizens

-Accounting professionals

7. Demonstration of Notarial Services

-By Categories

-By One’s Life Time Line

Speaker(s)

Mr Samuel Li, Notary Public, and Solicitor, is the Sole Proprietor of Samuel Li & Co., Solicitors & Notaries.

Samuel now focuses on notarial practices. In the preceding 20+ years as a Hong Kong Notary Public, he has an excellent track record in providing notarial services to clients including overseas government, and world's leading brand companies. More than 70 countries and regions on world's 5 continents have accepted Samuel's notarised documents.

Samuel has given 50 seminars to professionals to demonstrate notarial practice, with total audience exceeding 3,730.

Samuel is the author of the soon released notarial book named "Notarial Services in Hong Kong: General Principles, Values and Practice".

Samuel has received 14 Pro Bono Legal Services Awards & Professional Volunteer Service Awards respectively from the Home Affairs Bureau of the HKSAR, The Law Society of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Council of Volunteering in recognition of his promoting legal knowledge and professional volunteering services to the public. In 2014, Samuel was nominated by the Hong Kong Law Society to participate in the Second Leadership Bauhinia Volunteer Award Selection organized by the Agency for Volunteer Service.