Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance Documents and Procedures for Your Business

As a business owner, one of the most important things is being able to have fair and meaningful input on how your business is run. You have spent time, energy, and money on this venture, and it is important for you to have input on daily operations and major decisions. Furthermore, ensuring you manage your company as required by law and your formation documents is critical in preventing company liability from attaching to the owners, as well as surviving tax audits.

The proper corporate governance procedures and documents can help you and other owners define how you will make decisions that affect the operations of your business and create the proper “paper trail” as you manage your business. When you want to set guidelines for how your business is run, a corporate governance lawyer at Business Law Southwest, LLC can help.

What the Proper Corporate Governance Documents and Procedures Do for Your Company

Corporate governance documents help make sure you and other owners are running the company according to law and the formation documents. Corporate governance procedures can also help:

• Decide who gets a say in the boardroom and how much weight it carries
• Keep the decision-making process fair and equal for all parties
• Decide how your business will run on a day-to-day basis
• Set enforceable agreements for how to handle a dispute
• Decide how assets will be valued
• Reduce the risks associated with partnership disputes, minority shareholder claims and derivative actions

Corporate governance guidelines and procedures can ensure that your rights are being protected as an owner of the company. A New Mexico business lawyer from Business Law Southwest, LLC can help to protect the company with a the right corporate governance documents and procedures.

When to Contact a Corporate Governance Lawyer

Contact a corporate governance lawyer at Business Law Southwest, LLC when you are first forming your corporation, forming your LLC, starting a new partnership, when a partnership dispute arises, to avoid a business break-up, or when the company is being sued. Our business lawyers can help defend your interests in the company and assets during the entire process. Contact us today.