Corporate Organizations and Securities

It is essential to get the structure of any business organization right in terms of governance structure, fiscal efficiency, the minimization of potential liabilities and compliance with legal obligations, particularly as the organization grows and raises capital, undertakes transactions and expands both domestically and internationally.

Member firm lawyers in the Lex Mundi Corporate Organizations and Securities Practice Group provide advice on the formation and structuring of corporate organizations, the structure and jurisdiction for particular transactions, issues of corporate governance and fiduciary compliance structures and related matters.  The Practice Group also advises clients on securities law issues ranging from the raising of capital privately to accessing public equity and debt capital markets for securities offerings, securities registration and related matters.

The lawyers comprising the Practice Group are drawn from Lex Mundi's 160 prestigious firms in over 100 countries.  The Practice Group allows ready access to legal expertise and commercial acumen for member firm clients which are increasingly multinational and require co-ordinated international advice. 

Areas of Expertise of the Corporate Organizations and Securities Practice Group:

• Formation and structuring of corporate organizations including:
  • choice of organizational type (private or public) and jurisdiction
  • the selection of appropriate vehicles (such as partnerships, joint ventures,  limited or unlimited companies)
  • governance structures
• Private capital raisings, including seed and subsequent venture and development capital funding rounds
• Flotations, initial public offerings and introductions
• Secondary fund raisings such as placings, rights issues and open offers
• Corporate governance issues, including directors' duties and obligations
• Shareholders' rights, entitlements and duties
• Indemnifications, limitation of liability and liability exculpation
• Regulatory and compliance matters.

If your organization's legal needs move beyond corporate organizations and securities issues, lawyers in the group are able to connect you to the additional advice, expertise and support needed from their full-service commercial law firms.

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