Corporate 'how to' guides

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This subtopic contains a series of corporate ‘how to’ guides. Each one is a short, practical guide that clearly identifies the steps to be taken, and issues to be considered, when seeking to complete a specific, discrete, administrative legal task. The guides are likely to be particularly useful for in-house lawyers, company secretaries, junior lawyers, law students and non-lawyers. Each ‘how to’ guide contains links to Practice Notes and Q&As for further detail, as well as other resources.

Company incorporation and constitution

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    How to incorporate a public or private limited company

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    How to register an overseas company with a UK establishment

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    How to adopt or amend articles...

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