Kober-Smith & Associates was established in 2004 by Mark Kober-Smith,  to provide Notary Public services in London. Mark Kober-Smith qualified as a solicitor in 1990, with the City firm now known as DLA. Since then he has worked in London and in Kent as a solicitor. He qualified as a Notary Public in 1998.

He is also a qualified translator from French to English.

He is the author of a book published by Cavendish known as “Legal Lobbying” - which draws on his experience of successfully leading the campaign to abolish the statutory monopoly for notaries public in most of London. The book also refers to his work successfully persuading the European Commission to take action against many EU states in respect of trade barriers for notaries. That case will be heard in 2009 and will involve 19 countries.