Board members and corporations now face significant reputational risk with the onset of increasing regulatory, risk management and compliance requirements and potential enforcement action from regulators. With boards subject to the requirement to assess and improve corporate governance, effective systems must be in place to mitigate the risk of corporate misconduct. We advise boards, executives, company secretaries and directors in the financial services and credit industry on a full range of corporate governance issues.
We also implement effective governance policies and procedures and help boards and executives to discharge their duties and mitigate any risk of misconduct. We have expertise in operationalising corporate governance frameworks and implementing governance structures in compliance with laws, regulations and best practice.
We advise boards, executives, committees, company secretaries and directors in the banking, financial services and credit industry on a full range of corporate governance issues.
Our expertise:
Assessing present corporate governance structure effectiveness and making recommendations in a formal report
Designing operational models, corporate governance policies and procedures including codes of conduct, practice and ethics
Advice on transparency, ethics, board composition, diversity, director independence, sub-committees, best practices, related party transactions, directors’ duties and liabilities, insider trading, conflicts of interests, remuneration, incentives, pre-emptive rights and removal of directors
Implementing change management for corporate governance structures (values, culture, risk and accountability)
Guidance on ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations
Advice on subsidiaries, control and shadow directors
Advice on governance regulatory compliance (whistle-blower laws, market material announcements, modern slavery, general meeting requirements, shareholders, share issue, share transfers, shareholder agreements and meetings, ASX listing rules and continuous disclosure requirements)
Preparing board packs, constitutions, charters, by-laws, reports, resolutions, delegations of authority, annual reports, annual general meetings
Dealing with regulators, investigations and reporting requirements
Facilitating board training and workshops
Business as usual advice and providing relevant templates for in-house counsel
Contact us today to find out more about the corporate governance services we provide on 1800 965 990 or info@cocounsel.com.au.