The question that reaches us most often is not "what does eIDAS say" but "will this signature hold up in court?". The answer depends on the type of signature, on who issued the certificate, and on what the law requires for that particular document — three things checked before signing, not after.
We work with companies moving to electronic signing, with trust service providers, and with anyone who has to prove in a dispute that an electronic document is what it claims to be.
Situations in which we are called
- You are moving to electronic signatures and want to know which type covers your documents
- A counterparty disputes the validity of an electronically signed document
- You are building a product that integrates electronic signing or identification
- You want to become a trust service provider, qualified or not
- You need an electronic seal for documents issued by the company
- You are preparing to integrate with the European digital identity wallet
What we cover
- Assessing which signature type suits each category of document
- Internal signing policies and electronic archiving procedures
- Contracts with trust service providers and clauses on evidence
- Assistance with accreditation as a qualified provider
- The evidential value of electronic documents in litigation
- Compliance of products integrating electronic identification or signing
How we work
We start from the list of documents you sign and from what the law requires for each. Not all of them need a qualified signature, and imposing the most expensive option everywhere is as costly a mistake as getting it wrong the other way.
What matters in a dispute is not the signature alone but what you can prove about it: who issued the certificate, when, and whether the document stayed unchanged. That is why we discuss archiving in the same conversation as signing.
What helps us start
- The list of document types you sign, and their volume
- The signing solution you use or are considering
- The contract with your certificate provider, if there is one
- The disputed document and the signing evidence, if this is litigation
