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Authorised signatory

A person the Companies Act 2006 lets sign a deed for a company. A company signs a deed through two authorised signatories, or one director with a witness in the room. The Agreement was not a deed, so it needed neither. Chapter 10 · see Deed, Execution

Explained in Chapter 10, How to Sign a Contract: Execution and E-Signatures, of Drafting Skills.

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