Legalisation · Cross-Border Estate
Berger Estate Legalisation
An estate file spanning three countries — apostilled and accepted everywhere, first time.
Overview
One Estate, Three Jurisdictions
When Walter Berger passed, his estate touched probate courts in the US, property in Spain, and bank accounts in Singapore. Each authority demanded the same core documents — death certificate, will, executor appointment — authenticated to its own standard.
The executor, based in New York, gave us a four-week probate window. We mapped every requirement up front, then ran the US, Hague-apostille and consular tracks in parallel.
- Client
- Estate of S. Berg
- Service
- Apostille Service
- Turnaround
- 19 days
- Result
- Zero rejections
Challenge
Conflicting Requirements
Spain required a Hague apostille on a freshly certified will; Singapore’s bank wanted consular legalisation of the executor papers; the US court needed everything first. A sequential approach would have blown the probate window.
Approach
Three Tracks, One Tracker
We ordered triple-certified originals on day one and ran all three authentication chains simultaneously, with a shared tracker the executor could check any evening.
Deliverables & Outcome
Accepted Everywhere
Authenticated sets
Three country-specific document sets, each with the correct apostilles and legalisation stamps.
Executor dashboard
A live tracker with scans at every hand-off — no chasing couriers or clerks.
Probate on time
All authorities accepted their sets first time; the estate settled inside the window.
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