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Directors, Officers & Shareholders

Our experts provide specialist legal advice to directors, officers and shareholders in times of crisis or when other issues arise.

Find out how we can help

Whether your company is large or small, every director faces similar challenges. You will have a wide range of complex responsibilities, control of your company’s finances and duties to ensure the business meets the highest possible legal and professional standards.
 

Facing these potential pitfalls, it is vital that you choose the right legal advisors, who can help you to establish the business, manage risks and help spot opportunities.

Our experienced team specialise in advising directors and shareholders at every stage of a company’s life, from issues arising on incorporation and structuring, directors’ duties and governance/compliance, through to employment and regulatory proceedings, shareholder disputes, reputation and crisis management. 

With our help you can be confident that you, your colleagues, your stakeholders and your business will all prosper and succeed long into the future.

Further information for directors and officers

If you would like more information or require advice in relation to any of the above areas, please contact a member of our team.

+44 (0)20 7814 1200

Contact the team

Melinka Berridge

Regulatory

Partner and Head of Department

James Fulforth

Corporate, Commercial & Finance

Senior Partner

Nicola Finnerty

Criminal Litigation

White Collar and Financial Crime

Financial Services

Partner

Alun Milford

Criminal Litigation

Partner

Fiona Simpson (Français)

Dispute Resolution

Partner

Fiona Simpson

Dispute Resolution

Partner

Adrian Crawford

Employment

Senior executives, hires and terminations

Financial Services

Partner

Ilda de Sousa

Immigration

Partner

Emily Carter

Public Law

GDPR and Data Protection

Public Inquiries and Inquests

Partner

Hannah Eales

Regulatory

Partner

Julie Matheson

Regulatory

Partner

Julie Norris

Regulatory

Partner

Luke Gregory

Corporate, Commercial & Finance

Restructuring and Insolvency

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Death of a founder = failure of the business?

Waste company and director held to account for death of employee

Employment related securities – returns and reasonable excuses

Does a sole director have authority to act?

BEIS White Paper on Audit Reform: will directors take on more personal liability?

AQSE To Change SPAC Rules

BEIS White Paper on Audit Reform: Will Kwarteng's reforms really unchain entrepreneurs?

Is a personality clash in the Boardroom a fair reason for dismissal?

Ignorance is bliss? Not for directors!

FCA Moves to Deregulate SPACs

One hand in the cookie jar: Fraud and directors’ duties in insolvency

Money, money, money: what are directors’ duties in respect of the company’s bank account?

Can a De Facto Director be disqualified as a Director?

Fit and proper person requirements for directors in the health and care sector – what does this mean and what are service providers required to do?

Directors’ communications with their solicitors: perhaps not as privileged as you think (Part 2)

Insolvency Practitioners: the regulator’s reach is wide when it comes to integrity

Insolvency and furlough fraud – directors beware!

The driving force fallacy

Directors disqualified following history of health and safety and waste law breaches

Director of an insolvent company? Know your exposure…

Stretching the limits of Directors’ personal liability for torts?

Company Succession Planning: Death of a sole director – now what?

Liquidation and Fiduciary Duties: No Rest for (the Wicked?) Directors

Insolvency Service investigations into trading companies

Compensation orders against company directors: a new way around Limited Liability?

Lurking in the shadows - When is a "director" a director?

What is required to prove contempt of court?

Cutting a long story short: Reform of witness evidence in the Business & Property Courts

Immigration related risks in a “compliant environment"

Death of a sole director and shareholder

Post-Brexit immigration rules – not so bad for the finance sector?

A change of direction in director disqualification for breaches of competition law?

UK's Senior Managers And Certification Regime - All Change On 9 December?

Getting a senior job with a boutique firm in London is about to become complicated

No man is an island, but being a sole director might come close

The role of a Financial Director – a life in the spotlight

Unfair prejudice petitions: can a director’s breach of duty bar their claim?

What have we learned from the Senior Managers and Certification Regime?

‘World-leading’ Modern Slavery Act 2015: review confirms more to be done

Identity Fraud: company directors at double the risk of other individuals

Health and Safety Sentencing – Three years on and now for the bad news…

Tackling fraud: more must be done

Real Estate Directorship may carry a real risk

Accountant’s participation in a charity tax avoidance scheme leads to a 10 year ban by the Financial Reporting Council

Tough action against solicitor who laundered proceeds of bogus investment scheme

Three companies convicted of corporate manslaughter in a week

Dutch businessman sentenced to 19 years for arms trafficking and war crimes

Companies and directors of larger companies face criminal prosecution and unlimited fines for non or misreporting of payment practices

Directors of a solvent company are under no duty to prioritise the interests of potential creditors when entering transactions, even where there is a recognised risk of insolvency

Senior Managers Regime – the FCA predicts more enforcement litigation in the new regime

How the government took the fight to corporate criminals in 2016
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