Strategic Governance & Board Prep

We establish robust governance frameworks, manage investor relationships, and prepare the company and board for critical milestones to prevent future disputes and litigation.

Client support includes:

1. Governance architecture design

• Designing formal governance frameworks aligned to institutional investor expectations

• Establishing bylaws, decision protocols and risk controls

• Creating clear authority structures to prevent founder, shareholder and director disputes

2. Board and investor readiness

• Preparing boards and founders for high-stakes investor interactions and critical funding events

• Stress-testing decision-making frameworks in advance of term sheets, disputes or exits

• Translating institutional governance standards into founder-friendly operating systems

3. Risk and dispute prevention

• Identifying structural weaknesses that typically lead to litigation or shareholder conflict

• Designing pre-emptive legal and commercial safeguards to reduce founder, board and investor risk

• Embedding dispute-avoidance mechanisms into governance practice

4. Documentation and governance hygiene

• Drafting and maintaining institution-grade board minutes, resolutions and decision records

• Structuring option, equity and approval processes that withstand investor and regulatory scrutiny

• Ensuring governance documentation is audit-ready at all times

5. Crisis and inflection-point support

• Advising boards through periods of structural stress, founder conflict or investor pressure

• Supporting governance during leadership transitions, down-rounds, restructures and exits

• Acting as external strategic counsel to stabilise decision-making during critical moments

Benefits for clients

• Institutional-grade governance without institutional drag

• Reduced founder, director and investor risk

• Stronger negotiating position with VCs, PE and strategic acquirers

• Board environments designed for clarity, speed and defensibility

This service is designed for founders and boards that want to operate with institutional discipline from day one or to correct poor practices — eliminating preventable disputes, strengthening investor confidence and building companies that withstand pressure.