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Can I use my non-legal personal name when signing business contracts on behalf of my company?

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  Jan Meriss Alfonso Assistant at Ascent Law LLC Can I use my non-legal personal name when signing business contracts on behalf of my company? Each company has its own unique legal structure and depending on what that structure is, using your non-legal personal name may be fine in some cases but not others. The sole owner of the company If you're the sole owner of your company and you do all of the work, you can use whatever name you like when signing business contracts on behalf of your company. However, if you have partners or other shareholders involved in your business, they may have a say in how the company's legal documents are named. Contract If a contract states that it's between two or more people (such as "John Smith and Jane Doe"), then all of those people must sign it in order for it to be valid. If one of them is signing on behalf of a company that isn't owned by that person, he or she will need to clarify that fact by adding after his or her sign...