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Company Secretarial and Governance Reporting

As corporate governance responsibilities have increased, so have legal teams’ workloads. Fulfilling company secretarial duties cannot be overlooked, but they often take considerable time – whether that’s reporting to authorities, maintaining statutory books or facilitating directors’ meetings.

Our team of experienced lawyers can help, having worked with large and complex organisations across sectors and collecting the wealth of knowledge you need to fulfil your business obligations

Why work with Obelisk?

All our consultants, lawyers and paralegals are city-trained & pre-vetted.
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We pioneer new ways of working to help our
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We are committed to creating a more inclusive legal profession.

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We are committed to ensuring that everyone can earn a wage that meets their everyday needs.

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Obelisk Support is the only 100% female-founded and managed legal services provider in the UK.

What we offer

Secondments

Whether your team is facing family leave, sickness, or just an increased workload, we’ve got you covered.

Overflow team

If you’re experiencing a work overload our flexible legal professionals can help with anything from reviewing contracts to complex legal tasks.

Projects

When you have a specific legal requirement, we assemble fully managed virtual teams with the right skills and experience for a fixed price.

Ad hoc

For scale-ups who may not have a legal team and need flexible legal resources on demand, our flexible legal professionals are here to help.

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How we help BT with flexible working

BT is one of the world’s largest communications companies. The organisation was an early adopter of Obelisk’s smart legal team support, and in the last seven years, we have delivered more than 19,000 hours of legal services. We’ve covered commercial, real estate, banking & finance, environment, legal translation and project work.

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Company Secretarial and Governance Reporting FAQs

What does a company secretary do?

A Company Secretary ensures that a company and its directors comply with company legislation, the articles of the company and generally with legal and financial requirements. They may act as signatory of legal documents on behalf of the company.

When should a business employ the services of a company secretary?

If you run a private company and the articles of association stipulate that you require a company secretary, then one must be appointed.

What case studies do you have for Company Secretarial and Governance Reporting?

Lots! See our work for BT, Kantar and many legal firms and companies you will have heard of.

Does a company secretary need to be a lawyer?

A company secretary of a private company is not required to be a lawyer. However, especially for listed companies, given the volume of compliance required, it is advisable that the company secretary does have some qualifications such as the ICSA that gives them a Chartered Secretary status.

Can company secretarial services be used on an ad hoc on demand basis?

Yes! Company Secretarial work is very suited to ongoing ad hoc support as they often have to meet filings deadlines and the work is concentrated around those dates.

Can I hire a Governance Reporter on a part time or per project basis?

Of course you can. This is what we do here at Obelisk Support

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