Corporate Governance

Governance sets the framework for decisions that affect the future of every business. It establishes the way decisions are made, communicated, monitored, and assessed.

Our governance expertise assists organisations to meet best practice requirements and, critically, to measure up to public expectation.

There are two areas where our expertise stands out: organisational design and key event management.

Organisational design focuses on the creation and implementation of governance structures. We advise on choice of corporate form, and the details of constitutional arrangements. We deliver best practice solutions, taking into account a business' complexity and available resources.

Key event management focuses on stress points - when a business is in the spotlight and when stakeholders could raise concerns. We have been at the table for many significant corporate challenges, from unexpected takeover offers to transactions affected by conflicts of interest. We have the experience needed to work through these types of events.

Our services cover:

• conflicts of interest
• best practice requirements
• board and board committee composition requirements, charters, delegations, legal responsibilities and directors' duties
• public disclosure and reporting requirements affecting businesses, or their directors or other individuals
• information protocols
• meeting procedure requirements
• senior management and board remuneration structures

We provide board and management training on governance requirements, and regularly present individual client and industry-wide courses.