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Introduction

Ashfords' Corporate Governance team provides practical straightforward advice and assistance to businesses and the people that direct and control them on all aspects of corporate governance.

The burden of increased regulation affects all businesses in the UK. At the same time, it is important to establish and maintain efficient internal controls.

We have extensive experience advising a wide range of clients including charities, companies, directors, managers, not for profit organisations and shareholders.

Work handled includes:

• Directors' duties, liabilities and powers
• Corporate social responsibilities
• Constitutional issues and regulatory compliance
• Shareholders' meetings
• Shareholders' agreements
• Transactions with directors
• Proxy voting rights

Recent work undertaken includes:

• Advice to an unincorporated association in relation to the management council's concerns about its proper appointment in accordance with the association's constitution.
• Advice on and formation of a new company to merge two separate amateur sports organisations and, in so doing, balance the interests of the two constituent bodies and their current practices. 
• Advice to a company incorporated as a statutory undertaking on various governance issues relating to the company's share structure. 
• Advice to a professional body in relation to the extension of its activities.