shareholder rights & meetings

White & Black advises shareholders, companies and directors on all aspects of shareholders’ rights and meetings, including:

• the adoption and content of articles of association and shareholders’ agreements;
• disputes between shareholders;
• the calling and holding of valid general meetings and the resolutions required to be passed at them;
• the passing of valid written resolutions;
• minority shareholder rights;
• unfair prejudice claims;
• maintenance of statutory registers;
• the corporate law aspects of declaring and paying dividends;
• ultra vires acts and the ratification of directors’ actions;
• the corporate law aspects of share valuations;
• appointment and removal of directors and other company officers; and
• the reduction and return of capital to shareholders.