London Law has a worldwide capability to provide all the international company information you require.

What is available. All EU countries hold data on the formation of The company, annual reports and financial data.  Other countries will only have basic formation details and an annual report.  All the data will be in the language of the country.

Extracts are obtained from the local registry and, if they are disclosed, the financial accounts. Local registry information will vary depending on the filing requirements of each jurisdiction and also the size of the company. We advise what is available before commencing the search, but please bear in mind registry searches are provided in the local language. We offer a translation service.

Credit reports can be delivered quickly from many jurisdictions, often the same day.

Our credit report on a company normally include:

- the address of the company
- the telephone number and fax number
- any trade name the business uses
- activities of the company
- names of the senior personnel
- number of employees
- local knowledge from suppliers, banks or other creditors
- offices or property owned or used by the company
- details of available trade references
- the company's principal bankers
- financial information (if available)
- the status and history of the company

When available we can obtain Certificates of Good Standing or equivalent, copies of Memorandum & Articles of Association/Bye-laws, copy of the Certificate of Incorporation and financial accounts.

 

Trademark searches and registration

               

A trademark will consist of words, designs, letters, numerals or the shape of the goods or their packaging. It is sensible to register your own trademark.  You can also search the details of existing trademarks. 68 countries, mainly European, are members of the Madrid Protocol. This enables London Law to quickly search whether a trademark exists in these 68 countries; to then register the trademark in UK for the applicant and then request recognition in the other 67 countries.  Rejection by one country will not effect the application for the other countries. We can also undertake trademark searches in many other countries. Contact London Law for all your Trademark requests and advice.

 

The reports can be produced for most of the world and take 1 day to 4 weeks to produce dependent on the level of urgency and the country being searched.  The London Law reports will be in English unless otherwise specified. 

 

Mortgage and Charge searches

           

Many countries will have a centralised register of commercial property secured transactions.  In these countries the liens are normally referred to as charges. There is a Uniform Commercial Code for personal and corporate securities in the USA and Canada and a similar form in New Zealand. In most offshore countries companies can elect not to have charges filed against them making a search of status questionable.

 

A UK Conveyancing Search provides details of any charges outstanding on the UK company's file, which affect, or may affect, a given property, or provide details of all outstanding charges at a given date.

 

The reports can be produced for most of the world and take 1 day to 4 weeks to produce dependent on the level of urgency and the country being searched.  The London Law reports will be in English unless otherwise specified