Corporate governance and advisory

Our corporate team provides advice to clients large and small on all matters of general corporate law. We have considerable experience of advising clients, whether private companies, quoted companies, not for profit organisations or their directors, on all matters of corporate law relevant to their businesses.

We provide a full range of corporate law compliance advice, including advising directors on their statutory duties and Companies Act compliance generally. For publicly traded companies, particularly those on the AIM market, we advise on compliance with the additional layers of regulation which apply, including the Listing, Disclosure and Transparency Rules, insider dealing and market abuse regulation, applicable corporate governance codes and stock market rules.

Our team can advise on constitutional issues and relationships between shareholders, including drafting shareholders’ agreements for private companies and articles of association for both public and private companies. We also have considerable experience assisting with the resolution of disputes involving directors and shareholders.

We also advise charities and other non-profit organisations, including those in the educational and social housing sectors, on governance and constitutional issues, compliance with charity law and best practice and relations with the applicable regulators. We regularly advise on the establishment of new charities and registration with the Charity Commission.

Additionally, we assist organisations and their boards with managing key areas of legal risk and compliance including the formulation and implementation of anti-corruption and Bribery Act policies and procedures. We also advise businesses on compliance with the Financial Services and Markets Act including financial promotion and authorisation requirements.