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Corporate governance

Looking for advice on corporate governance? These guides detail the essentials of running a company, including advice on incorporation, directorships, corporate insolvency, classes of shares and IPO.

Knowledge Hub

Corporate Law

Corporate governance

Knowledge Hub

Corporate Law

Corporate governance

55 resources

Updated 1 month ago

How to transfer shares: your legal guide 

Updated 1 month ago

Preference payments 

Updated 3 months ago

Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs): FAQs for businesses looking to exit 

Updated 3 months ago

Articles of association: a guide for founders and shareholders 

Updated 6 months ago

Transactions at an undervalue 

Updated 11 months ago

Corporate insolvency: Administration 

Updated 1 year ago

Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVAs) explained 

Updated 1 year ago

Corporate insolvency: schemes of arrangement 

Updated 1 year ago

Legal guide to becoming a UK certified B Corporation 

Updated 1 year ago

Deceased shareholder FAQs: what happens when a shareholder dies? 

Updated 1 year ago

How to appoint a board of directors 

Updated 1 year ago

What’s a company secretary, and how do I add or remove one from my company? 

Updated 1 year ago

How to remove a director – legal guide 

Updated 1 year ago

Shareholder/Director loans: How do they work? How to lend money to your own limited company 

Updated 2 years ago

Do you really need Directors’ Service Agreements? 

Updated 2 years ago

The different types of company director 

Updated 2 years ago

A guide to breaches of shareholder agreements 

Updated 2 years ago

What are leaver provisions and how do they work? 

Updated 2 years ago

What is wrongful trading? 

Updated 2 years ago

Co-founder relationships: How to protect your startup from a messy break-up 

Updated 2 years ago

Misfeasance claim by an insolvency practitioner against directors 

Updated 3 years ago

What happens to a pension scheme on a corporate insolvency? 

Updated 3 years ago

Corporate insolvency: what are the options for your business? 

Updated 3 years ago

Classes of shares 

Updated 3 years ago

A guide to shareholder remedies: what you need to know 

Updated 3 years ago

Do you really need a solicitor when starting a business? Our honest guide: Part 1 

Updated 3 years ago

Controlling shareholders’ rights and dividends through classes of shares 

Updated 3 years ago

Corporate insolvency: Receiverships explained 

Updated 3 years ago

Corporate insolvency: Creditor’s Voluntary Liquidation (CVL) explained 

Updated 3 years ago

Why your model articles of association from Companies House need to be changed 

Updated 3 years ago

Directors duties: what are they on insolvency, and how can a director avoid personal liability for breach? 

Updated 3 years ago

Corporate insolvency: pre-pack administration 

Updated 3 years ago

Directors’ duties: the legal role and responsibilities of a company director 

Updated 3 years ago

5 simple steps to changing your company name 

Updated 3 years ago

Understanding share capital: A comprehensive guide for start-ups 

Updated 3 years ago

How to build and manage a board of directors 

Updated 3 years ago

How to reduce share capital of a company 

Updated 4 years ago

What happens to the assets of a dissolved company? 

Updated 4 years ago

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill: what’s changed? 

Updated 4 years ago

Partnership exit agreement: how to dissolve a business partnership 

Updated 4 years ago

How do you incorporate a business? 

Updated 4 years ago

Initial Public Offering (IPO) explained 

Updated 4 years ago

A guide to directors’ remuneration 

Updated 4 years ago

Compulsory liquidation: an overview 

Updated 4 years ago

Class meetings of shareholders: an overview 

Updated 4 years ago

A guide to annual general meetings 

Updated 4 years ago

The PSC register and your company 

Updated 4 years ago

Shareholder rights directive and your business 

Updated 4 years ago

UK corporate governance codes 

Updated 4 years ago

Corporate governance: a quick guide 

Updated 5 years ago

A guide to shareholder activism 

Updated 5 years ago

Different ways a business can close, fold or be wound up 

Updated 5 years ago

Meetings and resolutions in company law: an overview 

Updated 5 years ago

Changing a company’s constitution 

Updated 5 years ago

A guide to paying dividends 

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