Our Services
Company Secretarial Services
Reduce risk by ensuring excellence in governance and compliance for your Board. The Company Secretary role is integral to the functioning of an effective board. However, it is often overlooked or regarded as too costly an investment. Engaging a specialist Company Secretary on a contract basis is a flexible and cost-effective way to obtain governance expertise and oversight of critical processes. Kaylene will ensure that your company is informed about good governance practices, holds effective, well-run board meetings and mitigates risk.
Company Secretarial services include:
Acting as Company secretary on the record for Australian companies.
Liaising with Board members and the Management team.
Preparing agendas and board packs for, and minuting board and committee meetings.
Drafting board papers as required.
Monitoring action items arising from board meetings.
Preparation of circular resolutions.
Managing your AGM.
Managing appointments, on-boarding and resignations of board members.
ASIC/ACNC compliance.
Providing advice and guidance on all governance matters.
Preparing and updating board policies, Delegations of Authority, Board Charters and Committee Terms of Reference.
Maintaining relevant registers for the company.
Support in relation to communications with key external stakeholders, including investors.
Managing board self assessments.
General Counsel
All companies benefit from having in-house legal support, but engaging a General Counsel as an employee can be costly and inflexible. Having worked in a number of General Counsel roles across a range of industries, Kaylene delivers high quality outsourced in house counsel services to clients in a flexible, tailored way. With deep expertise in commercial and contract law matters, Kaylene will act as your company’s General Counsel, gaining an in depth understanding of your business, supporting you with all your legal needs and liaising with other service providers as required.
Legal services include:
Developing tailored templates for all commonly used contracts.
Confidentiality Agreements.
Consulting Agreements.
Employment Agreements and employment law issues.
Manufacturing Agreements.
Engagement Agreements with service providers.
Shareholders Agreements.
Research Agreements.
Funding Agreements.
Capital raising documentation.
Drafting or reviewing necessary Policies.
Data protection issues.
Managing IP portfolios and liaising with external patent and trademark attorneys.
Advice in relation to disputes.