We are increasingly receiving queries from clients in all of our
offshore jurisdictions asking for practical guidance and advice on
(i) how entities may take decisions and hold board and shareholder
meetings via telecommunications or video conference, and (ii) what
requirements a company needs to meet in order to be able to use
electronic signatures for documents, as opposed to the traditional
'wet-ink' signature.
General Q&A
We have put together a cross-jurisdictional Q&A factsheet containing high level
overviews of the law to respond to some of the queries which we are
receiving. Click here to download the
factsheet.
Specific advice
The answers to the Q&A only provide a generic guide to some
of the legal provisions which will be relevant. Specific practical
matters relating to your business and the documents concerned will
also need to be considered (for example, what type of electronic
signature will be suitable or whether there are any provisions of
your
