Company Secretarial and Board and Shareholder Management
All companies require to provide shareholders and Companies House with information on an annual basis and shareholders’ and investment agreements can require a more regular supply of information. Some matters may require the decision of shareholders at a general meeting. In a company with a more complex private equity structure, many constitutional and operational decisions will require investor and shareholder consent and all share issues and share disposals must comply with the pre-emption and other restrictions. This all requires to be managed and we advise corporate clients on the various statutory and contractual requirements.
We advise on Board management, including the appointment and removal of directors and where external approvals are required. We attend and contribute at Board meetings of client companies, and can provide a company secretarial registered office service for companies, LLPs and LPs.