The Look-Through Principle: Identifying Beneficial Owners in Layered Structures
When a company is owned by another company, identifying the beneficial owners is not always as straightforward as looking at the share register. The corporate shareholder arrangement is only one part of a larger ownership structure that involves another company or trust. For small-to-medium enterprise (SME) directors, these layered structures are common. A business may […]
A SPANNER IN THE WORKS – Ensure that your company secretarial matters are up to date
An event worth popping the champagne for is one where you finally conclude a property sale transaction by signing your name on the dotted line. How annoying would it not be if you should find out that there is a major spanner in the works (that you were blissfully unaware of) which will delay the […]