Governance

Expertise

Our national governance team will enable you to navigate Australia’s complex regulatory landscape. Boards, executives, and company officers benefit from our practical and strategic advice to strengthen compliance, manage risk, and build robust governance frameworks.

We can assist in a range of areas including:

Corporate & Board Advisory Services

Strong governance starts in the boardroom. Our team brings significant boardroom and governance expertise, with partners and senior practitioners who have served in-house and at ASX-listed companies, and who hold qualifications from the Governance Institute of Australia. We assist with:

• Annual and statutory reporting
• Legal entity management and secretarial services (incorporations, registers, constitutions, officer appointments/removals, ASIC lodgements)
• Insurance and risk management
• Designing and implementing tailored governance frameworks
• Advice on directors’ duties, independence, and board composition
• Drafting, reviewing, and auditing governance policies, charters, and procedures
• Board committee support and subcommittee establishment
• Disclosure and compliance (incentive/share plans, DRPs, share splits/consolidations)
• Board skills matrices, evaluation questionnaires, and annual work plans
• Regulator engagement (ASIC, ASX, others)
• Board inductions and ongoing director professional development

Regulatory

Navigating Australia’s complex regulatory environment requires proactive and informed governance. We help clients develop and embed compliance frameworks that manage risk and respond to evolving obligations. Our expertise covers:

• Competition and merger regulation
• ESG, including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)
• Regulatory investigations and inquiries
• Anti-money laundering (AML), anti-bribery, and anti-corruption
• Modern slavery and trade sanctions
• Regulator dealings, compliance policies, incident response, and embedding governance frameworks

Workplace Health & Safety

Good governance extends to the health and safety of your people. We work with boards and executives to ensure workplace health and safety (WHS) obligations are met and integrated into your governance framework. Our services include:

• Advising on director and officer due diligence obligations under WHS laws.
• Establishing and reviewing whistleblower frameworks and conducting investigations.
• Aligning remuneration structures with safety outcomes to reinforce a culture of accountability.
• Managing chain of responsibility (CoR) in transport, logistics, and supply chain operations.

Data and Privacy

We support clients to navigate the growing governance challenges associated with data protection, cyber-security and privacy. With the increasing regulatory risks, boards and executives are expected to demonstrate strong oversight and effective risk management practices.

Our team provides:

• Governance frameworks for data protection and cyber-security, tailored to your risk profile.
• Advice on compliance with privacy laws and regulatory obligations, both in Australia and internationally.
• Support in responding to and managing data breaches.
• Development of risk management and reporting structures for boards and senior leadership.
• Implementation of information governance frameworks that align with evolving legal and industry standards.

Financial Services

We regularly assist financial services organisations with their governance obligations, helping boards and executives manage the complex regulatory landscape. Our advice is focused on ensuring compliance, accountability and transparency in a sector under close scrutiny.

Our work includes advising on:

• Governance frameworks under the Banking and Financial Accountability Regimes (BEAR and FAR)
• Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) obligations
• Compliance and engagement with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA)
• Director and officer responsibilities in financial services entities
  
  
  

Experience