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About Us

We are committed to providing document preparation, notary, and legalisation services in a professional and cost-effective manner to our valued clients.

Welcome to Australian Notary Services

We pride ourselves as being your one-stop-shop for notary and legalisation services in Australia. Whether you are in Australia or abroad, we endeavour to make the difficult and time-consuming process of notarisation and legalisation as painless as possible with the end-to-end services that we provide.

Australian Attestation Services

In addition to Australian public notary services, we also offer attestation and apostille services. Find out more at:

www.ausattest.com.au

Professional legal services

In addition to document preparation, notary, and legalisation services that we offer, Bannermans Lawyers – our parent company, provides high quality specialist legal services to the strata, development, construction, and insurance industries.

Since the firm’s establishment in 2007, it has applied its expertise and industry experience to becoming Sydney’s leading strata law firm, employing a team of over 30 staff, including approximately 20 highly skilled lawyers. Find out more at:

www.bannermans.com.au

Meet The Team

Joseph Bannerman – Partner, Notary Public

Before joining Australian Notary Services as a Notary Public in January 2015, Joseph worked for 6 years in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as In-house Legal Counsel in the corporate head offices of, a multinational seaport operator and a multinational telco.

During his time as In-house Counsel, Joseph was involved in many projects where document notarisation, authentication and legalisation was required. Such projects involved multi-million-dollar mergers, acquisitions, and divestments. Joseph was responsible for drafting authorisation documents such as powers of attorney, proxies, board resolutions etc, authorising the execution of transaction documents. Joseph was additionally responsible for ensuring documents associated with these complicated transactions were fully legalised for use in different jurisdictions.

This experience has given Joseph an in-depth understanding in drafting complex authorisation documents and document legalisation for use in many different jurisdictions.

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Additionally, as part of his duties as In-house Legal Counsel and also in a personal capacity, Joseph had to deal directly with the:

  • Dubai Notary Public
  • Department of Justice in Dubai
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Dubai and
  • Australian Consulate in Dubai

This experience has given Joseph an excellent understanding of the requirements of document notarisation, authentication, and attestation for use in the United Arab Emirates.

Qualifications

  • Appointed as a Public Notary of New South Wales
  • Master of Laws, Australian National University
  • Admitted as a lawyer of the New South Wales Supreme Court
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Australian National University
  • Bachelor of Law, University of Western Sydney
  • Bachelor of Science (Psychology), Macquarie University

Matthew Jenkins – Partner, Notary Public

Prior to joining Bannermans Lawyers in September 2006, Matthew worked for over ten years in the finance sector in several large international companies. He undertook his legal studies whilst working full time and was admitted in 2008.

Matthew has an excellent understanding of all aspects of case management and client issues and he has quickly risen through the ranks at Bannermans Lawyers from a law clerk to his present position as Partner.

Matthew became a Notary Public and joined ANS in October 2015.

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Qualifications/Memberships

  • B Av.(UNSW)
  • Juris Doctor (UTS)
  • Member of the Law Society (NSW)
  • Member of the Strata Community Australia (SCA) NSW
  • Notary Public of NSW

This experience has given Joseph an excellent understanding of the requirements of document notarisation, authentication, and attestation for use in the United Arab Emirates.

Qualifications

  • Appointed as a Public Notary of New South Wales
  • Master of Laws, Australian National University
  • Admitted as a lawyer of the New South Wales Supreme Court
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Australian National University
  • Bachelor of Law, University of Western Sydney
  • Bachelor of Science (Psychology), Macquarie University

Adele Saunders – Notary Assistant

Adele has been at Bannermans Lawyers and Australian Notary Services since 2022. Adele has been an active member of our administrative and notary teams and constantly strives to maintain a high standard of professionalism, efficiency, enthusiasm, and attention to detail. Some of her duties as a notary assistant include:

  • Arranging and preparing for client appointments;
  • Providing quotes to clients, processing client payments and preparing invoices;
  • Drafting and preparing notarial certificates for use internationally;
  • Organising domestic and international courier deliveries;
  • Liaising with government departments and foreign embassies/consulates;
  • Preparing and arranging the attestation of documents by foreign embassies/consulates;
  • Attending to submit attestation documents to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT); and
  • Requesting academic verification for Australian tertiary degrees
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See what some of our satisfied
clients have to say about
Australian Notary Services

Professional, prompt service. I utilised Australian Notary Services to sort out some documents I required for work for the UAE. Joseph lived in the UAE and knew exactly what is required to ensure you have the correct documentation for working in the UAE. I contacted many places, and no one could help me before I found this company.

Angus M.

Joseph was knowledgeable and very efficient.  The whole process was such a breeze and his team kept me informed through the various stages.  I would use, and highly recommend, using Joseph Bannerman in the future.

Erwin H.

Highly professional and very courteous. I would happily recommend Australian Notary Services.

Oliver S.

Joseph was very easy to deal with. Highly efficient and got the job done. Highly recommended.

Charlene S.

You provided excellent service and response in getting documents notarized and sent back to my office. Kept me informed of progress through the various stages. Overall efficacy of the entire process exceeded my expectations. I would recommend them to anyone requiring this type of service.

James N.