New representation_competences field on legal representatives in Company Verification

You can now see how each legal representative of a German company is allowed to represent it, as declared in the commercial register.

Each item of legal_representatives now carries a representation_competences field: a list of the representative's powers, such as a sole or joint signing authority or a power of procuration. Note that this information can be null if the representation competence wasn't declared on the register.

"legal_representatives": [
  {
    "title": "Geschäftsführer",
    "type": "natural_person",
    "first_name": "Max",
    "last_name": "Mustermann",
    "birth_name": null,
    "born_on": "1980-05-20",
    "representation_competences": ["Sole Signing Authority"],
    "company_name": null,
    "company_number": null
  }
]

It is returned everywhere Company Verification data is returned:

• Retrieve a Company Verification
• the verification.company.done webhook

representation_competences is always present and can be null:

• for companies registered outside Germany,
• when the register does not declare any power for the representative,
• for verifications created before this release and for anonymized verifications.

Use it to check that the person signing on behalf of a German company is entitled to sign alone, or needs a co-signer.

Nothing changes in the request, and no existing field was removed or renamed.

Learn more in Company Registry Verification.