Supreme Deposition and Arbitration Support
We have been producing International Arbitrations & Depositions for more than 20 years. TransAtlantic Depositions Services, are experts at setting up services for legal proceedings all over Europe and liaising with courts or embassies where required worldwide.
We have the best Realtime Court Reporters and Certified Legal Videographers in the world, working with state of the art technology. We also source Notaries and Interpreters and set up locations for streaming a testimony to anywhere, from anywhere.
What we do
Realtime Court Reporting
Our system is unique because we believe in taking better care of our reporters. This means our clients get the best possible service. Our reporters are highly skilled and are regularly called upon to produce same day/next day transcripts with major US litigation and European arbitrations.
Realtime reporting is standard through TransAtlantic and so is streaming text to any attorney who may want to participate in a legal proceeding to or from any remote location.
Notary Sourcing Anywhere
TransAtlantic offer a bespoke service which includes liaising with courts all over Europe and also sourcing Notaries. There are often instances where a US Court will require a local Notary to preside over a deposition in different countries. Depending on the case and the jurisdiction, a Notary may only be required to swear in a local witness but sometimes they are required to remain present for the whole proceedings. We arrange the whole process so you don’t have to worry about anything and advise you how to work in these circumstances.
Certified Legal Video
We offer the most advanced legal videography using state of the art equipment.
Our videographers are not only experts certified (CDVS) to conduct depositions to meet with US Court requirements, but unlike any other agency in the world, they are also certified deposition reporters (CDR).
You will be assigned your own deposition technician who will be ready to broadcast the video signal to any of your colleagues over a live stream if required.
This means that any attorney wishing to participate in the deposition, from anywhere in the world, can log in and view a high definition picture of the witness from their PC, tablet or mobile. This is always broadcast direct from our HD cameras.
The video can be synchronised with the transcript on request and we offer a picture-in-picture (PIP) technology, mixed in a live setting and captured in HD for the video record if desired.
Remote Hybrid Deposition Management
We have created an environment where attorneys can choose exactly how they want to proceed with their discovery process. In many ways it’s an environment promise fulfilled, with regard to a paperless workflow.
Strategic linking with repositories and controlling the management of exhibits with our Instant Exhibit share facility has changed the way we operate in 21st century.
Courtroom technology has also been further utilised, bringing trial presentation into the deposition room.
Anybody taking part in legal proceedings anywhere in the world can contribute equally with those in the room.
All this technology has also been designed to operate remotely with our trial technicians and exhibit managers also operating from our hot seat suite set up anywhere in the world.
Deposition Planning
Our forte is logistics and if we can find a way to take the work out of your hands, we will do so because it can be complicated organising a deposition abroad. On occasion it might even be prohibited to hold an American Deposition in certain countries. This in one of the reasons why we recommend that you plan at least 6 weeks in advance.
We can help with your arrangements with embassies and make sure we are in line with security requirements. We also advise law firms how to proceed with a deposition in a European court when ordered by a local judge. There are many issues that come up and we always find a solution.
We regularly advise on travel arrangements to meet the purpose or organise it all for you if required.
Budgeting Travel Arrangements
Our firm is growing fast, so it is in our interest to see you through when budgets are of concern, whilst remaining competitive. This has been the root of our success to date.
We can arrange flights, accommodation, and deposition locations for you if preferred, or at least advise you what is best in Europe.
We always aim to meet with your needs, keeping the costs under control, while offering a comfortable set up so you can get proceedings under way. We have our international deposition standard rates but they are always open to discussion. For example there are a lot of ways to capture a witnesses testimony without having to go down traditional roads.
See Mobile Depositions Service above
"Day In The Life" Video Reporting
“Day in The Life” filming for insurance purposes. This is usually a short film (1-3 mins), presenting the manner in which someone has to live, resulting from an accident, versus how they lived before. This is useful in court with Clinical Negligence cases.
We have many years of trust through experience and discretion to meet the challenges in this arena. Delivery is swift and you receive the same service standards as with International Depositions
Transcript Production
As with all companies in our industry we produce whatever format you require for your transcripts. As standard we send you or your paralegal a deposition check list/questionnaire, which allows you to mark up exactly what you want, whether it be Electronic Transcripts with exhibits attached or a synchronised Video Transcript.
We always aim to have you prepared with the right material for trial presentation purposes and most importantly meet with your needs for delivery whether it is an immediate rough draft or next day final draft.
We also transcribe from audio, formatting a transcript in line with your jurisdictional requirements and deliver expedited final drafts if necessary.
Trial Presentation
We work with the latest OnCue Trial Presentation system, so that attorneys can avail of all the functions they are used to utilising before a jury. Framing, selective enlarging, highlighting, red lining etc.
We have professional dedicated trial presenters who will meet prior to collate your exhibits prepare an outline for the deposition or work on the fly in an emergency.
Your hub for court reporters, videographers, notaries, interpreters, and global deposition streaming.
Please Note: Over the years a perception has materialised within our industry, which is in fact a myth. With regard to in-person depositions outside the United Kingdom:
Naturally along with hybrid facilities, we do our utmost to avoid remote costs with resources moving all over Europe. However, it should be noted that while the American Courts conduct proceedings in the English language, there are very few stenographers with the English as their mother tongue who are residing (living) outside the UK.
Our company motto has always been “there’s no point in going anywhere else” because with TransAtlantic Depositions – while you are in the business of getting to the truth, we see it as our responsibility to do the same regarding remote costs. So we wanted to put the record straight….