Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and resulting restrictions on
travel and meetings, it is necessary to find practical solutions to
minimise disruptions to business transactions, while ensuring
compliance with public health recommendations regarding containment
of the virus.
In light of the restrictions in place, for many organisations
the usual authorised signatories may be unavailable, or not
available at their usual location. We outline some practical
solutions to consider, including that many documents are capable of
being validly executed using an electronic signature1,
provided that applicable execution formalities are satisfied, and
there are no restrictions on the use of electronic signatures in
relation to the document in question
