Corporate governance for regulated and growth businesses.
Board structures, shareholder agreements, SMCR and governance frameworks designed for boards that need to be demonstrably in control.
Governance is the operating system of accountability.
We design governance that enables rather than restricts - boards that make decisions in the room, committees that add real value, and shareholder agreements that stand up to future investment rounds or ownership changes.
Before work begins, we clarify the operating context, governance expectations, and commercial pressures behind the brief. That gives the engagement a clear purpose before technical analysis starts.
The result is a more complete advisory view: what matters now, where risk may surface next, and how recommendations can be implemented without creating unnecessary hand-offs or ambiguity.
Scope
Clarify the decision, deadline, stakeholders, and evidence standard before work begins.
Delivery
Combine partner judgement, technical review, and practical implementation planning in one workstream.
Follow-through
Convert findings into owners, actions, and next steps that leadership can track after the session.
Board design
Board composition, committee structures, terms of reference and effective board papers.
- Board composition review
- Committee ToRs
- Effective board packs
Shareholder agreements
Shareholder agreements and articles for founders, PE-backed and family groups.
- Founder-friendly SHAs
- PE-backed SHAs
- Family office structures
SMCR & regulated firms
Senior Managers & Certification Regime frameworks, allocations and supervision.
- SMF allocations
- Statements of responsibility
- Conduct Rules training
Transitions, investment and regulation.
We see most value in three situations: a business transitioning from founder to board-led decision-making, a business taking on outside investment, and a business entering or widening its regulated activities.
- Founder to board-led transitions
- Pre- and post-investment governance
- New or expanded regulated activities
- Succession and NED-refresh
About corporate governance.
Yes - ours are practical, time-boxed reviews with recommendations that can be implemented within 90 days.
Governance review overdue?
A 90-minute board briefing session sets the scope for a right-sized governance uplift.