Organising shareholder meetings remotely Under the Law on Companies, a limited liability company may allow shareholders to attend the general meeting of shareholders and to vote by means of electronic communications. Although no official changes in legislation have yet been implemented in this field, on 7 April 2020 the Ministry of Economy and Innovation published […]
A proposal that transactions in notarial form can be concluded remotely and signed by electronic signature has been submitted to the Parliament. In addition, on 22 April 2020 the Government approved a project on changing the Law on Notaries, with the aim of legalising notarial acts using modern information technologies. It is envisaged that notaries […]
While Latvia already introduced video-conferencing mode for notary services back in 2018, it is now during times of pandemic and social distancing that remote access to notary services is very useful. Remote access to notary services is available at DigiNotārs (www.latvijasnotars.lv) through the “Latvija.lv” portal, with all the tools available there. However, certifying a document […]
The Estonian parliament (Riigikogu) began processing a draft law submitted by the Ministry of Justice which allows the governing bodies of all Estonian companies to entirely or partly pass resolutions by way of both digital and physical meetings. In addition, all the highest governing bodies of companies will be able to vote without convening physical […]
To provide companies with legitimate options to carry out their daily management, the Estonian Bar Association, the Estonian Insurance Association, Nasdaq Tallinn, the Estonian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, FinanceEstonia, the Chamber of Notaries and the Estonian Employers’ Confederation approached the Legal Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu and the Justice Minister on 27 March […]
