Company Formation & Company Secretarial Articles

In Ireland, there are two forms of liquidation: voluntary and compulsory. There are also two forms of voluntary liquidation: members’ voluntary liquidation and creditors’ voluntary liquidation.

A company should hold an AGM in order to outline its performance over a certain period of time and give the shareholders an opportunity to voice their opinions or concerns. This blog post will...

A proxy is a person who is designated by a member of a company to attend a general meeting and vote in place of that member.

An auditor is an independent professional person who is qualified to audit a company’s financial statements. 

A share is the interest of a shareholder in a company, measured by a sum of money.

Companies incorporated in Ireland must be aware of their obligation to disclose certain information on their company letterheads and order forms. The rationale behind such obligations is that...

What is an Audit?

In brief, an audit is an independent official examination of a company’s financial accounts. The auditors produce a report which is filed in the Companies Registration Office...

An auditor is an independently qualified person who is appointed to give shareholders an independent, professional and informed opinion on the financial statements prepared by the directors. An...

All company types in Ireland must have one secretary and a minimum of two directors. One of the directors is required to be resident in a member state of the European Economic Area (EEA). The...

By way of background, the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 ("the Act") was signed into law on 24 January 2011 and was enacted on 1 April 2011. The main objective of the Act is ‘to amend the law...

The memorandum and articles of association are the governing documents of a company and it is essential that the documents correctly reflect the objectives of the company.

In Ireland there are several types of formally appointed directors such as executive directors, non-executive directors, managing directors and alternate directors. A company may also have...