A foreign investor signed transaction documents for a €10M land purchase after being told one document would “protect the company.” The document instead granted broad power of attorney and sale-like authority, and the investor discovered the issue only 18 months later when the local lawyer stopped responding. The case highlights how over-reliance on a single adviser and lack of independent review can quietly transfer control.
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Imagine a €10 million deal… and one extra document you’re told will “protect the company.” In this real case, that “protective” paper actually functioned as a power of attorney plus sale authorization, giving someone else legal power to act, even sell, on the investor’s behalf. Here’s the scary part: the entire €10M investment relied almost entirely on one local adviser. No independent legal review, no second adviser copied on the signed set, and for eighteen months, no one noticed how much control had been handed away. Your move: if any document grants power of attorney, signing authority, or sale authorization, pause and send it for truly independent review, someone whose only job is to protect your side.
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