02 — Capability · BC-120.20
Legal Entity & Secretarial Governance
Keep every legal entity in the group registered, officered and filed on time, with a single structure chart that shows who owns what, where.
- Corporate Secretariat
- Entity Management
- Statutory Compliance
In scope
- Legal entity register and ownership structure
- Statutory filings and registered officers
- Shareholder meetings and corporate resolutions
Out of scope
- Tax structuring of the group (see BC-240)
- Legal advice on entity formation (see BC-150)
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-120.20.10Legal Entity RegisterMaintain the authoritative list of entities, their jurisdictions, directors, officers and ownership links.
- BC-120.20.20Statutory FilingsFile the annual returns, officer changes and other submissions each jurisdiction requires, before their deadlines.
- BC-120.20.30Shareholder Meetings & ResolutionsConvene general meetings, manage notices and voting, and record the resolutions that result.
- BC-120.20.40Entity Formation & DissolutionSet up new entities and wind down ones no longer needed, keeping the structure chart as lean as the business allows.