The Role of the Notary at the General Meeting of a Limited Liability Company in the Context of Amendments to the Notarial Code and the Business Corporation Act

1 The role of a notary at a general meeting of a limited liability company in the context of amendments to the Notarial Code and the Business Corporation Act Abstract This rigorous thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of the role of the notary in certifying decisions of the general meeting of a limited liability company in the context of recent amendments to the Notarial Code and the Business Corporations Act. The starting point is the notary's position as an impartial and independent guarantor of legality, whose role in corporate law lies in ensuring legal certainty, transparency, and the protection of the rights of all shareholders, including minority ones. The thesis systematically defines the individual types of notarial deeds applicable in corporate decision-making and distinguishes their respective legal regimes, with particular emphasis on the scope of the notary's review activity in both its formal and substantive dimensions. Special attention is devoted to the newly introduced provisions of the Notarial Code, which reflect digitalization trends and the demand for greater flexibility in corporate decision- making. These include the notarial deed on consent to a proposed decision granted outside the meeting of a corporate body and notarial deeds concerning per rollam decision-making. The thesis...