Our Services
Speakman law specialises in providing corporate legal advice. We have extensive experience in a broad range of areas. We pride ourselves on providing accurate and business savvy advice in all that we do. The key services we provide are set out below.
Commercial/AML
Business Contracts
Terms of Trade
Supply Agreements
Service Consultancy Contracts
Manufacturing Agreements
Confidentiality Agreements
Agency Agreements
Compliance requirements under the Companies Act, Anti Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act, Contract and Commercial Law Act, Financial Service Providers legislation
Anti Money Laundering audits
Mergers and Acquisitions
Share and Asset sales and acquisitions
Due Diligence for Vendors and Purchasers
Term sheets/heads of agreement/memoranda of understanding
Structuring Transactions
Approval processes
Takeovers
Shareholding Arrangements/Restructuring
Amalgamations
Shareholder agreements/Subscription Agreements
Limited Partnerships
Employee Share Schemes
Financial Assistance
Options and Share Issues
Joint Venture Agreements
Share Buy Backs
Liquidations and removals from Companies Office Register
Corporate and Securities Law
Shareholder approvals/major transactions
Company law advice
Directors’ duties and liabilities
Shareholder remedies and disputes
Advisory Boards
Private capital raisings
Compliance with Financial Markets Conduct Act
Taxation
Transactional tax advice in relation to corporate acquisitions and disposals (locally and cross border)
Property transactions
Tax provisions in sale and purchase agreements
Tax disputes
Tax structuring advice
Tax consultancy advice, for example, as to residence and to application of taxation of financial arrangements rules, dividends and trust distributions, issued peculiar to close companies, and look through companies
Taxation of Trusts
Advice on permanent establishments
Trusts
Trust Deeds
Trust variations
Resettlements
Deeds of Forgiveness
Beneficiary rights
Trustee duties and responsibilities
Foreign Trust Registration