Catalan Legal and Business Translation for Catalan and Andorran Business in Georgia

Registering a Georgian company with Catalan or Andorran founders

A Catalan SL or SA founding a Georgian subsidiary, branch or representative office submits a Georgian translation of its nota simple or certificació from the Registre Mercantil de Barcelona (issued in Spanish, though the underlying escriptura may be in Catalan), its estatuts, the acord of the board or junta approving the Georgian entity and a poder if a local representative files; Catalan notaries issue escriptures in Catalan when the parties choose, and these are apostilled by the Col·legi de Notaris de Catalunya. An Andorran SL or SA submits its certificat from the Registre de Societats, estatuts and an acta or poder, apostilled by Afers Exteriors. All are notarized in Tbilisi. Individual founders submit a translated passport or DNI. We draft the Georgian charter bilingually with a parallel Catalan or Spanish column so the founder signs a text they can read, and we know the wording the National Agency of Public Registry expects for capital social, administradors and domicili social. After registration, the Georgian Public Registry extract and charter are translated into Catalan for the parent, its bank and its gestor or auditor.

Contractes between Catalan-speaking and Georgian parties

Georgian law permits contracts in any language, but the Georgian version is what a registry or court reads, so cross-border contracts are drafted bilingually, usually with English or Spanish as the working language and Catalan and Georgian as the legal ones where the Catalan party requires it. We translate contractes de compravenda for property and equipment, contractes d'arrendament, contractes de treball for staff on either side (Georgian workers' contracts for Catalan employers are among the most frequent), contractes de subministrament and distribució, contractes de prestació de serveis, pactes de socis, contractes de préstec and garanties, acords de confidencialitat and contractes de franquícia. The translator is a legal specialist who keeps defined terms and numbering consistent and flags where a Catalan-law concept - the arres in a property contract under the Catalan Civil Code, which differs from Spanish common law, the Catalan rules on rendes and habitatge, the roles of administrador únic and consell d'administració - needs a lawyer's decision on the Georgian equivalent rather than a translator's guess.

Property in Catalonia and Georgia, and the Georgian community's legal needs

Georgians in Catalonia buy apartments, open restaurants, bakeries, construction and cleaning companies and transport firms, and need documents in both directions: Catalan escriptures de compravenda, contractes d'arres, notes simples from the Registre de la Propietat and IBI receipts translated into Georgian for Georgian banks and family matters, and Georgian documents - powers of attorney to sell or manage property in Georgia, inheritance certificates, court decisions - translated into Catalan or Spanish for Catalan notaries, the Agència Tributària and the courts. Catalan and Andorran buyers of Georgian property use our notary for the sale contract with an interpreter and receive the Public Registry extract in Catalan. Poders are the most frequent single document: a Georgian in Barcelona signs one before a Catalan notary or the Georgian consulate to authorize a relative in Tbilisi, or a Catalan investor signs one for a Georgian lawyer, and in each case the apostille and the translation follow.

Andorran companies, banks and compliance

Andorra's economy runs on banking, wealth management, tourism and, increasingly, technology and e-commerce companies attracted by its tax regime, and its authorities and banks apply demanding compliance. Georgian nationals opening Andorran companies or accounts, Andorran companies with Georgian shareholders or clients, and Andorran residents investing in Georgia need translated proof of origin of funds, Georgian company documents and financial statements, Georgian tax certificates and Public Registry extracts, and declarations for the Unitat d'Intel·ligència Financera's requirements, in Catalan; Andorran documents - certificats from the Registre de Societats, estatuts, bank certificates, tax residency certificates from the Govern - go to Georgian banks and the Revenue Service in Georgian. Andorra's foreign investment authorization for non-residents acquiring Andorran companies or property requires translated documents of the investor. We handle these files with accountants and legal specialists familiar with Andorran terminology.

Court judgments, arbitration and enforcement

Judgments of Catalan courts in family, commercial and succession matters - sentències of the jutjats and audiències, and of the Tribunal Superior de Justícia de Catalunya in Catalan civil law matters - and Andorran Batllia and Tribunal Superior decisions are recognized and enforced in Georgia through proceedings requiring notarized Georgian translations of the judgment, the certificate of finality and supporting documents, all apostilled. Georgian judgments go the other way for exequàtur in Spanish courts, translated and sworn, or before the Batllia in Andorra. Arbitration under the Tribunal Arbitral de Barcelona, the Cort Espanyola d'Arbitratge, the ICC or the Georgian International Arbitration Centre produces bilingual submissions, witness statements, expert reports and awards which we translate under procedural deadlines. Succession under the Catalan Civil Code - declaracions d'hereus, testaments, acceptacions d'herència concerning Georgian property, and Georgian inheritance certificates for Catalan estates - is handled by the same team, with attention to Catalan succession rules that differ from Spanish common law. Litigation files are handled under NDA with restricted access.

Financial statements, tax documents, tenders, confidentiality and how projects run

Georgian subsidiaries of Catalan groups report to head office under the Spanish Plan General de Comptabilitat or IFRS, and Catalan and Andorran investors present accounts to Georgian banks and the Revenue Service. We translate comptes anuals, balanços and comptes de pèrdues i guanys, informes de gestió, informes d'auditoria, certificats de residència fiscal for treaty relief under the Spain-Georgia double taxation agreement, IVA and IGI (Andorra's indirect tax) documents, transfer pricing documentation and bank confirmation letters, with accountants on the team reconciling every figure. Catalan companies bidding on Georgian state tenders, and Georgian companies bidding on Generalitat and Andorran public contracts, need translated qualification documents, financial statements and bid texts within days of the notice.

Every translator, editor and courier is bound by a non-disclosure agreement, files are encrypted and access is limited to the assigned team; we sign client-specific NDAs and GDPR-compliant data processing agreements for Catalan clients and Andorran data protection (APDA) aligned terms for Andorran ones. Corporate clients receive a glossary and translation memory from the first project. Projects run in a fixed pattern: fixed quote within the hour, a legal or financial specialist plus a reviewer, questions returned in a single batch, delivery in the original format, and notarization and apostille scheduled in parallel with translation. Framework agreements with monthly invoicing and priority notary slots are available for Catalan and Andorran companies and law firms serving Catalan-speaking clients.

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