Most company disputes come from articles nobody read at incorporation and from agreements that were never written down. The office handles the life of the company, from incorporation to winding up, and the contracts it signs along the way.
How the process runs
- 01
Structure
Which corporate form fits, who comes in, with what capital and under what decision rules. Getting this written properly at the start avoids most future disputes.
- 02
Incorporation and registration
Articles, commercial registration and the filings with the tax and social security authorities.
- 03
Day to day
Amendments to the articles, minutes of general meetings, contracts with customers and suppliers, and the records the management has to keep.
- 04
Exit or closure
Transfer of shares, winding up and liquidation, with the liabilities dealt with before the company closes.
What is covered
Incorporation
Choosing the corporate form, drafting the articles and getting the company trading, including the private limited company and the single-member form.
Articles and management
Changes to the objects, registered office, capital and the way the company is bound, and appointment and removal of directors.
Transfers of shares
Shareholders coming in and going out, company consent, pre-emption rights and registration of the transfer.
Commercial contracts
Supply, services, agency and distribution, with the terms on duration, price and breach reviewed before signature.
Shareholder disputes
Invalid resolutions, exclusion and withdrawal of a shareholder, and deadlock in the management.
Winding up and liquidation
Closing the company down, and the obligations that survive after it is closed.
Commercial registration
Registering the incorporation and everything that changes afterwards: registered office, objects, capital, management and transfers of shares, with the permanent certificate banks and customers ask for.
Beneficial ownership register and filings
The Central Register of Beneficial Ownership, keeping it updated, and the annual accounts filing the company has to stay on top of.
Common questions
What to bring to the first conversation
None of this is required to book. The more there is in the first conversation, the more concrete the answer.
- Up-to-date company registration certificate and articles of association
- Minutes of the most recent general meetings
- Contracts in force with customers, suppliers or lenders
- The last approved accounts and the position with the tax and social security authorities
This page describes the practice in general terms. Every case turns on its own facts and on the stage it has reached, so nothing here replaces looking at the file itself.