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News of the couple's engagement was confirmed in April when
Alamuddin's legal practice in London issued a statement
congratulating them.
The banns, or formal notice of the wedding, were posted at
Kensington and Chelsea Register office in southwest London from
last month until Thursday, the spokesman said.
The couple would have had to visit the office and pay a fee of
35 pounds ($59) each before signing the document which was then
displayed for 16 days.
Two-time Oscar winner Clooney, 53, has been married once before
but since his 1993 divorce from Talia Balsam has remained one of
Hollywood's most eligible bachelors and had vowed never to
remarry.
Alamuddin has advised United Nations former secretary-general
Kofi Annan on Syria, represented Ukraine's ex-prime minister
Yulia Tymoshenko in challenging her detention before the
European Court of Human Rights and has also represented
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in extradition proceedings.
Photos of the notice, published by the Daily Mirror, show
36-year-old Alamuddin's occupation as "barrister" and her status
as "single". Clooney, listed under his full name of George
Timothy Clooney, is described as "actor and director", with his
marital status "previous marriage dissolved".
The document names the location of the wedding as Italy but does
not give a date. Media have reported the ceremony will take
place in September at Clooney's villa by Lake Como.
A spokeswoman for Alamuddin's law firm was not immediately
available to comment.
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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