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Cases · Business & ownership · Corporate ownership & governance
A director faces allegations of breach of fiduciary duty
Usually led by Setting up and running a company, with Contracts and commercial law and Disputes and arbitration. WONE Global brings the areas of expertise and countries together, with a named professional in each market where one is published.
The situation
What is happening
Disagreements between founders, shareholders and directors, and the records and filings that keep a company in order.
The first questions
- What do the articles and any shareholder agreement say?
- Who holds which shares and votes today, on the register?
- Which decisions are blocked, and what does the delay cost?
- Is the company or the group in more than one country?
Who faces this
- Founders
- Companies
- Boards
- Shareholders
Cross-border complications to check
- Beneficial ownership & trustsTrust and corporate transparency rules differ across residence and asset locations · Corporate & Entity Services
- Different laws of contractParties sign one commercial agreement but disagree which law governs duties, damages and remedies · Legal & Contracting
- Court vs arbitration forumAgreement uses arbitration while assets and key witnesses are in different countries · Disputes & Resolution
The solution
How WONE Global handles it
Usually led by Setting up and running a company, with Contracts and commercial law and Disputes and arbitration.
How WONE Global usually approaches corporate ownership & governance
- 01Read the constitution, agreements and registers.
- 02Set out the options under the governing law: negotiation, buy-out, board action or court.
- 03Bring in corporate and dispute professionals in each relevant country.
- 04Put agreed changes into resolutions and filings.
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The services involved
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
Setting up and running a company, market by market
The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.
- Austria WONE Global Partner Mag. Mario Haider · Tax Consultant Brief this Partner →
- Rwanda WONE Global Partner Lydie N. Murorunkwere · Founder & Managing Director Brief this Partner →
- United Arab Emirates WONE Global Partner Dr Hajra Nazir · Head Corporate Advisory / Consultancy Division Brief this Partner →
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Vienna · Austria
Kigali · RwandaWONE Global Capability Partner · Rwanda
Lydie N. Murorunkwere
Lydie is the Founder and Managing Director of ML Corporate Services Ltd and the first Chairperson of the Rwanda Trust Companies Association (RTCA).
Dubai · United Arab EmiratesWONE Global Capability Partner · United Arab Emirates
Dr Hajra Nazir
Dr Hajra Nazir is qualified Professional Doctorate (PD) in Business Advisory & Compliance with prestigious organizations in the field of Corporate Advisory, Business Administration, Law, Commerce, Applied Economics etc.…
Buenos Aires · ArgentinaWONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina
Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari
He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…
Brunswick · AustraliaWONE Global Capability Partner · Australia
Alice Turner
São Paulo · BrazilWONE Global Capability Partner · Brazil
Luis Felipe Balieiro Lima
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UNIONE™ · Before You Arbitrate™
If this becomes a dispute, test it first.
Test the claim or the defence, the evidence, the exposure and the settlement options before committing to formal proceedings.
01 · Before signatureBefore You Sign™Get the dispute clause, governing law, seat, notices and escalation steps right while the contract can still change.Review the contract 02 · A dispute is emergingBefore You Arbitrate™Test the claim or the defence, the evidence, the exposure and the settlement options before committing to formal proceedings.Test the claim 03 · A binding decision is neededArbitrationStart, answer or run an administered arbitration under the UNIONE™ Rules, with procedure sized to the value, urgency and evidence.Open arbitration 04 · Before enforcementBefore You Enforce™Plan recognition, assets, jurisdiction and security, including State and State-owned parties, before committing to enforcement.Plan recovery
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