Build the signing and authority pack for a corporate execution
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Draft the signing pack from the final document and the authority evidence the lawyer supplies: an execution block and signing instruction for each party, the witnessing and attestation requirements for the governing law the lawyer nominates, counterpart and dating instructions, and a list of the authority evidence still missing.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides whether the document is a deed, which law governs its execution, and whether the firm is relying on a section 127 execution, an agent, an attorney or a board delegate; then checks each signatory against a current company extract, the power of attorney or the resolution relied on, and confirms the witnessing actually required in that jurisdiction before the document is signed.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Draft the signing pack from the final document and the authority evidence the lawyer supplies: an execution block and signing instruction for each party, the witnessing and attestation requirements for the governing law the lawyer nominates, counterpart and dating instructions, and a list of the authority evidence still missing. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the instructions, the jurisdiction and the complete relevant material before starting.
- The lawyer decides whether the document is a deed, which law governs its execution, and whether the firm is relying on a section 127 execution, an agent, an attorney or a board delegate; then checks each signatory against a current company extract, the power of attorney or the resolution relied on, and confirms the witnessing actually required in that jurisdiction before the document is signed.
- Check the output against the source documents named in it before it is relied on.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate guarantee and indemnity: board approval, corporate benefit record and execution checklist | Checklist | AI use Yellow | Pack for a company giving a guarantee and indemnity for another group company or a third party: corporate benefit analysis, solvency check, interests, board resolution, deed execution under s 127 and the records a lender or counterparty will ask for. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- https://www.ags.gov.au/publications/legal-briefing/lb-20230904 · 2026-09-27
- https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A00818/latest · 2026-09-27
- https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/asmade/act-2023-027 · 2026-09-27
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.