London Registrars

  The role of a process agent is a vitally important service for many overseas businesses dealing with suppliers or tenders in the UK, or raising a loan from a City institution. In respect of the latter, the lending bank will require the appointment of a UK based process agent to receive formal notices should the borrower default on the loan. UK process agents (also known as agent for service of process, registered agent, registered agent for service of process or resident agent) accept service of notices, proceedings or documents on behalf of their overseas clients in situations where, usually because of contractual obligations, it is not possible for them to be served abroad. Under English court procedure rules, it is necessary to serve papers to start proceedings correctly. If a party does not have an address within England, the process for serving these papers abroad is lengthy and complicated. It is therefore customary – and indeed often required by the UK entity supplyi...