Company Secretarial Services

Set your business apart with sound governance

Our team of Chartered Company Secretaries are professionally qualified and located in key jurisdictions to provide a tailored, local service.

Regulations and legal and entity governance standards are evolving at pace whilst the risks of non-compliance for both organisations and individuals are considerable.

With deep knowledge of both listed and private funds and companies, our experienced company secretaries help manage and comply with your legal and regulatory obligations, whilst ensuring the highest levels of governance.

From renewable energy and intellectual property to space technology and exploration, we work with a broad range of multi-jurisdictional alternative investment funds and corporations to alleviate the administrative challenge of changing rules and regulations.

Our corporate secretarial services help you to

Registered office provision

We will provide a registered office and make statutory filings on your behalf including confirmation statement, annual accounts and ad hoc filings e.g. director changes, share allotments and purchases.

Statutory obligations

We will make all statutory filings, including annual confirmation statements (or equivalent) and annual accounts, together with the payment of annual filing fees

Corporate governance frameworks

We will:

Comply with the relevant corporate governance principles (as applicable) and assist the directors in the establishment of a corporate governance framework
Review the corporate governance disclosures in the annual and half yearly report
Provide maintenance of the company’s insider lists
Monitor directors’ interests and conflicts of interest and share dealings
Provide and coordinate internal and external board evaluations
Provision of a service provider review
Provide regular regulatory updates including the provision of a quarterly company secretarial report
Be a key intermediary between parties and stakeholders of the company

Coordinating meetings

We will:

Organise quarterly board meetings
Organise committee meetings such as audit, management engagement, nomination and remuneration
Organise the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and any other general meeting
Coordinate of ad-hoc board meetings to consider interim issues requiring board approval including virtual board meetings and written resolutions
Produce and distribute notices and agenda for board and committee meetings
Provide electronic board packs and document library through our support system, allowing directors to access board packs and documents remotely on a current and historic basis
Produce minutes and action points for all meetings

Compliance

We will ensure compliance with all statutory, legal and regulatory functions including continuing obligations of stock exchange listings such as the release of all RNS announcements.

Listed fund requirements

For listed funds, we will:

Comply with the continuing obligations of the company’s stock exchange listing, including the requirements arising from the Disclosure Guidance & Transparency Rules and Market Abuse Regulation (as required)
Assist in the preparation and release of stock exchange announcements
Liaise with the registrar in connection with reports to the board of the company, including major shareholder notifications

Board training

We will deliver board training covering director duties and responsibilities, corporate governance and market abuse regulations.