Our services

We provide fully integrated board and executive solutions including:

Board

• aligning board strategy and company performance
• developing board policies and protocols
• advising on structures, plan rules and conditions, and procedures for establishing share and option plans
• advising on the choice of fund, notional earnings bases, exclusions for holders of executive visas and the application of maximum contribution bases for multiple directorships
• advising on tax effective employee share and option schemes, and
• share buy-backs, capital reductions and reorganisations, and other structural share issues.

Individual

• relocating executives—nationally and internationally
• drafting and negotiating contracts of employment including incentives, remuneration, bonus arrangements, share options and important post-employment restrictions, such as restraint of trade and confidential information
• advising directors on their responsibilities under the Corporations Law
• advising on employee loans
• advising on directors and executives indemnities, and directors and officers insurance
• advising on drafting and reviewing superannuation provisions
• assisting with salary sacrifice arrangements (superannuation and other benefits), and
• advising on age-related issues concerning superannuation contributions, benefits and preservation for senior executives and directors.

Performance

• development of remuneration packages including performance related measures and associated rewards
• assisting with the appointment and removal of directors and executives, and the benefits associated with office and loss of office
• comparison of benefits, and
• managing executive terminations.

Regulators/Governance

• advising on issues of disclosure in relation to executive remuneration and corporate listing requirements
• advising on the requirement for, and content of full, and half year, directors reports and declarations, and notes to the financial statements
• advising on continuous disclosure rules, ASX liaison and investor relations
• advising on notices of meetings and meeting procedures
• advising on superannuation contributions and benefits
• advising on fringe benefits
• documenting special arrangements to augment benefits provided through superannuation funds, including defined benefit arrangements
• dealing with Australian implications of international pension arrangements
• advising on the ‘Simplified Superannuation’ budget reforms, including contribution limits and transitional rules, and
• advising on establishing board committees and preparation of corporate policies.