Directors and Shareholders advisory

High profile corporate failings, recent changes to the corporate governance regime for listed companies and the codification of directors' duties are emphasising the risks of being a director of a UK company – public or private. A properly planned corporate governance regime can help to enhance shareholder value and reduce the risk of personal liability for directors.

In the current economic clinate not everyone may share either your vision (or concerns) for your company. Our cross-divisional team provides specialist advice to companies and their Boards as well as individual directors and shareholders in both contentious and non-contentious circumstances.

How can we help?

Our Director and Shareholder team specialise in this area, working with companies and directors and shareholders to identify and implement pragmatic solutions to the corporate governance issues that they face. We advise Boards extensively on directors' duties and their fiduciary responsibilities as well as individuals whose interests may conflict and therefore require independent advice.

We advise our public company clients on their continuing obligations under the Listing Rules and the AIM Rules.

We regularly provide advice on the terms of a company's constitution documents – its memorandum and articles of association – and the conduct of board meetings, committee meetings and shareholder meetings.

We keep our clients up to date with the fast moving area of the law through our newsletters and training sessions.

Our director and shareholder advisory services

• Advising on corporate governance and continuing obligations
• Reviewing and updating constitutional documents
• Advising on directors' duties
• Advising on director renumeration packages
• Risk management and Directors and Officers insurance
• Advising on shareholder rights and issues
• Advising on tax issues and personal wealth management
• Training on the Companies Act 2006, directors' duties and other corporate advisory matters.