Corporate governance is concerned with how companies behave within the context of what corporate law empowers them to do.

Corporate governance advice helps clients running businesses or charities with day-to-day issues, including advising directors or trustees on compliance with Companies Act requirements and their statutory duties.

We have wide experience of advising companies, owner-managed businesses, charities and clients in the education sector on all matters of corporate law relevant to the efficient and compliant running of their organisations.

Our expertise covers the following broad areas.

Company/charity administration

• All aspects of company law related to the day-to-day running of a company including advice on memorandum and articles of association, statutory books, company meetings, shareholder resolutions, appointment and removal of directors, directors’ duties and shareholder rights
• Incorporation of charities, both as companies limited by guarantee and as charitable incorporated organisations
• Advice on the day-to-day running of charities, trustee duties, compliance with the constitution, amending charity constitutions, trustee/members’ meetings and questions of conflict of interest
• Advice to organisations and their boards on managing key areas of legal risk and compliance including the formulation and implementation of anti-corruption and Bribery Act policies and procedures
• Compliance advice
• Data protection issues