Corporate Governance Services

Corporate governance covers the issues a company must follow in order to be compliant with statutory provisions.

We have a specialist team available to help you with all your legal services for Corporate Governance.

What is Corporate Governance?

Corporate governance covers the issues a company must follow in order to be compliant with statutory provisions.

 

Company Compliance and Regulatory Legal Services

With today’s ever increasing corporate governance requirements, it is more important than ever for company secretaries and company directors to keep up to date with all the latest regulations and statutory provisions – an unenviable task with the number and frequency of changes.

Our Corporate Lawyers can provide expert advice to in-house company secretarial teams and directors with our outsourced company secretarial services.

Types of organisations we work with include:
  • Publicly quoted companies
  • Private limited companies
  • Membership organisations
  • Property management companies
  • Limited liability partnerships (LLPs)
Types of Corporate Governance Services we provide:
  • Incorporation services or Incorporation of a company
  • Incorporation of limited companies and limited liability partnerships
  • Registered office and SAIL service
  • Reconstitution or update of statutory registers
  • Preparing and filing statutory documents at Companies House (Confirmation Statements, directors changes etc)
  • Share allotments and share transfers
  • Adoption of new articles of association
  • Share subdivisions, consolidations and re-denominations
  • Share re-designations and implementing new classes of shares
  • Share buy-backs and restructures
  • Advice on constitutional matters such as board and shareholder meetings
  • Advice and assistance with Strike-off

We regularly assist international parent companies managing their UK subsidiaries’ corporate governance. We provide the advice required on either a permanent, project or ad hoc basis to suit our client’s requirements.

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    Covid-19 and Statutory Registers

    In light of government lockdown measures and the practice of social distancing many companies have been left unable to access their statutory registers. What happens if my company does not have statutory registers?

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    Property Management Services

    We can assist once the management company has been handed over. We act as registered office for many management companies and can also transfer shares when a property is subsequently bought or sold.

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    Are you breaching your corporate governance requirements in lockdown?

    If you are unsure of what the requirements are or whether you are meeting those requirements, or maybe you would just like some assistance or advice then please contact us today to request a due diligence review of your company’s corporate governance for £250 + VAT.

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    This podcast is for new businesses looking to register their company and will help you avoid making mistakes that can be costly further down the line.

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    Where a Company is undergoing a transfer or allotment of shares, there may well be resultant changes to the PSC registers.

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