Companies Act - An Update

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Speaker - Richard Paton, Partner, Hill Dickinson

Why you should attend:

COMPANIES ACT 2006 - New provisions from 1 October 2009 applying to private companies, including:

Incorporation of companies

Effect on Memorandum and Articles of Association of existing companies

New model Articles of Association

Use of Service address by all directors and secretaries

Names of new companies

Control of business names for companies, partnerships and LLPs

Share capital

Overseas companies

Also the effect on private companies of the provisions of the Shareholders' Rights Regulations 2009, which are due to take effect from 3 August 2009.

Speaker profile  -  Richard joined Hill Dickinson in 2002 and is listed as a leading individual for Corporate & Commercial and Mergers & Acquisitions within the Legal 500.  Richard has been a member of the Law Society Standing Committee on Company Law for over 25 years, and is a Law Society representative Member of the Companies House Focus Group.  He is also a contributor to the City and Financial Publishing Practitioner's Guides to the "Role of Directors and their duties and responsibilities" (2000) and "The Company Law Review" (2002). Advises SMEs, not-for-profit organisations, LLPs, partnerships, Friendly Societies and co-operatives.  Practice areas and sectors: Commercial, Corporate, Wealth Management