Corporate Governance

We provide practical and confidential advice on governance and corporate responsibility.

We cover listed and non-listed public companies, proprietary companies, associations and trusts from sectors such as financial and banking services, insurance, technology and start-ups, energy and renewables, retail, education, health care, and the charitable and not-for-profit sector. 

We advise on all aspects of governance including:

• Board composition and sub committees
• Prudential standards and legislative compliance on governance and fitness and propriety
• Nominations committee functions and election processes
• AGM and SGM co-ordination and oversight
• Member, Investor / shareholder management
• Education and training for Directors (including governance training)
• Corporate governance regulation and compliance, including related party transactions, conflict of interest, and insider trading 
• Directors duties and responsibilities, securities regulation, trading, investigations and market disclosures
• Best practice ethical standards
• Anti-corruption and corporate crime
• Crisis management, including reputation management and defamation
• Professional negligence
• Mergers & Acquisitions, including takeovers and the management of hostile bids
• Risk management, including risk assessments and audits
• Director and Executive remuneration and incentives
• Compliance and regulatory advice, checklists and systems
• Development and review of corporate policies and procedures
• Indemnities and insurance and Director information access