Corporate Law

Olexo Workplace Law provides advice around all issues relating to corporate law including the appropriate corporate structures for business organisations on start up, whether they be:

Public or Proprietary Limited Companies
Companies Limited by Guarantee
Partnerships
Sole Traders; or
Incorporated Associations

It is absolutely vital for new businesses and partnerships to ensure that they have the correct documentation in place in order to protect each party’s interests in the event a dispute arises in the future. Despite best intentions when a business is first established, unfortunately disputes between business partners, directors and shareholders do arise. We assist our clients to resolve business disputes in an amicable way and as cost-effectively as possible.

We have experience and expertise in providing advice to our clients in areas of corporate and business law, including:

Registration and incorporation of companies
The drafting of governing documentation including company constitutions
Drafting and reviewing partnership and shareholder agreements
Assisting in resolving partnership and director disputes
Participating in alternative dispute resolution processes on behalf of clients
Advising on independent contractor agreements
Advising on transfers of business and employment

Corporate Governance

Corporate governance covers the relationships between a business’s board of directors, management, shareholders and other stakeholders as well as the policies, processes and rules that manage a business. Good corporate governance covers factors such as:

Accountability and transparency
Management of conflicts of interests
Compliance with directorial duties
Shareholder participation; and
Incentives for board members and management.

We also provide advice and training to individual directors or boards of directors about their legal and fiduciary duties.