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Corporate Secretary Center
Practical Law Toolkit 0-564-4005 (Approx. 34 pages)
An extensive collection of Practical Law resources for in-house lawyers and corporate secretaries to use when forming, maintaining, and dissolving corporations and limited liability companies, including forms of certificates of incorporation and formation; by-laws; secretary certificates; board, manager, committee, shareholder, and member resolutions; and other corporate housekeeping documentation. This collection also includes general corporate governance resources and guidance materials for use in briefing boards of directors.
In-house lawyers and corporate secretaries frequently must:
- Form, maintain, and dissolve corporations and limited liability companies.
- Perform routine and extraordinary corporate housekeeping actions.
- Advise or brief the board of directors on various corporate governance issues.
The Corporate Secretary Center is an extensive collection of Practical Law resources that can be used by in-house counsel and corporate secretaries when performing these functions.
Corporate Formation and Dissolution
These resources are either jurisdiction-neutral or specific to Delaware, New York, or other select jurisdictions (see Other Jurisdictions).
Other Jurisdictions
For corporate formation and dissolution resources in other jurisdictions, visit the Corporate and M&A practice area and click on the Jurisdictions tab.
Limited Liability Company Formation and Dissolution
These resources are either jurisdiction-neutral or specific to Delaware, New York, or other select jurisdictions (see Other Jurisdictions).
Other Jurisdictions
For LLC formation and dissolution resources in other jurisdictions, visit the Corporate and M&A practice area and click on the Jurisdictions tab.
Corporate Resolutions
For a collection of resolutions for privately held California corporations, see Board and Shareholder Resolutions Toolkit (CA). For corporate resolutions in other jurisdictions, visit the Corporate and M&A practice area and click on the Jurisdictions tab.
Limited Liability Company Resolutions
For LLC resolutions in other jurisdictions, visit the Corporate and M&A practice area and click on the Jurisdictions tab.