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Our expertise in UK corporate law is an essential pre-requisite to our raison d' être of being able to deliver legal services focussed on helping clients with their people-related issues.
The range of corporate services we offer is very wide and includes the following:
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Incorporation services: Dovetailing with our tax services which can assist in determining the appropriate corporate vehicle for your business we can incorporate your limited company or LLP and provide you with documentation drafted appropriately for your needs
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Shareholders' agreements: Appropriately drafted shareholder agreements can be essential to protect respective ownership rights and investment potential between shareholders and avoid time consuming shareholder disputes. Inappropriately drafted agreements or agreements used when they are not justified can provide unwarranted complexity or wide non-observance as well as unforeseen tax difficulties. We can work with you to ensure that your shareholder arrangements form a solid basis to the development of your business. Together with our incentives practice we can provide for your shares support to the achievement of your business plans and help to attract, retain and incentivise the people in your business who are key to its success
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LLP agreements: Similar concerns arise as with shareholder agreements, but more so. It is vital to record the rights of LLP members as between each other or have to live with perhaps hugely inappropriate default provisions from the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000
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Corporate governance: Terms of employment and remuneration are governed by an ever growing body of statutory and non-statutory regulation and transparency requirements in the UK. From provisions contained in the Companies Act 2006 to institutional investor guidelines, listed companies need to be aware of these requirements and expectations. All companies need to be aware of the increasing demands and responsibilities placed on their directors and ensure that their governance regime, while compliant is structured appropriate to its business needs
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Transaction-related work: Please see the employment, incentives and tax sections for more information
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Financial services compliance: As part of our work with employee share schemes it is vital to understand the requirements of the Financial Services and Markets Act and other relevant provisions to avoid the criminal pitfalls of non-compliance