Jessica Pay

Scrivener Notary

Jessica read Law and French Law at University College London and Université Panthéon-Assas in Paris and holds the Postgraduate Diploma in Notarial Practice from University of Cambridge. She completed her notarial training with a leading City scrivener notary firm, being admitted as a Notary Public in 2006. She has a wealth of corporate and private client experience and deals with all areas of notarial practice, specialising in multilingual and corporate matters in a variety of languages, particularly French, Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese. She has acted as a director of the Notaries’ Guarantee Limited, regulating fidelity cover for the notarial profession, and was admitted as a Scrivener Notary in 2023.

What is a Scrivener Notary?

Scrivener notaries belong to the general notarial profession. However, they form a discrete and highly qualified branch within it. Having qualified first as general notaries, scrivener notaries go on to obtain their scrivener qualifications while undertaking a training contract with a scrivener notary firm or by undertaking a period of supervision by a scrivener notary. There are currently around 30 scrivener notaries practising in the City of London. Scrivener notaries are trained in advanced aspects of notarial practice and at least two foreign languages. The purpose of this legal and linguistic qualification process is to ensure that scrivener notaries are leaders in the field of notarial services in the context of international transactions, something which is demanded in London due to its status as a world leading hub for cross-border business.