About Us
As your business grows, its corporate governance practices become increasingly important for regulatory compliance, risk management and attracting institutional investment. Whether it’s urgent advice on continuous disclosure issues, assisting Board discussions around commercial contracts or liaising with regulators or key stakeholders - with such a close nexus to legal issues, corporate governance and company secretarial compliance can’t be effectively managed without consideration of the applicable legal environment. Accordingly, it makes sense that your corporate governance and company secretarial practices are managed by qualified and experienced lawyers who can then ensure the relevant legal requirements are satisfied more effectively and efficiently than an external law firm.
cdPlus Corporate Services offers boutique company secretarial and corporate governance services provided by a team of qualified and experienced corporate and commercial lawyers. Working closely with our related business, Coghlan Duffy Lawyers, cdPlus Corporate Services combines the commercial advantages of an in-house lawyer and company secretary with the cost benefit of an out-sourced service provider.
As a boutique services firm, our ability to be flexible and personal commitment to each client are key in ensuring that our services exceed expectations and that our clients continue to benefit from cdPlus Corporate Services’ unique service offering.
our services
cdPlus Corporate Services offers company secretarial services provided by a team of qualified and experienced lawyers not only to ensure compliance with the statutory obligations of a company secretary, but to implement prevailing corporate governance best practices to support the business’ risk management framework and encourage institutional investment.
Our company secretarial services include:
personally acting as the nominated company secretary for your company;
maintaining all statutory registers in compliance with the Corporations Act;
liaising with ASIC, ASX and the company’s share registry as required;
coordinating all ASX and ASIC notifications as required;
coordinating the lodgement of ASX announcements as required;
coordinating and attending all board and shareholder meetings and ensuring such meetings are conducted in compliance with the constitution, Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules (if applicable);
preparing minutes of board and shareholder meetings;
coordinating all issues of securities and maintenance of appropriate paperwork associated with share capital;
administration of employee incentive plan documentation;
liaising with auditors and company accountants in respect of accounting and annual reporting obligations;
preparing corporate governance policies and annual corporate governance statement and ASX filings (if applicable); and
providing advice on, and ensuring compliance with, relevant corporate governance and risk management best practices.
cdPlus Corporate Services can also add significant value by supporting your Board and legal team during an IPO by managing various work streams which are particular to the ASX listing process, including preparation of corporate governance documentation and Prospectus disclosures, ASX listing application, coordinating board and shareholder approvals and preparing and coordinating escrow documentation and various pre-quotation disclosure documents.
We work closely with our related business, Coghlan Duffy Lawyers, which provides our retained company secretarial clients with a wide range of corporate and commercial legal services.
our clients
Some of our clients we are proud to work with include:
“cdPlus has provided Damstra simply outstanding service since we listed on ASX and now we have been listed for a number of years. The experience of navigating the ASX Listing Rules and corporate governance is deep in cdPlus and something my Board values deeply. In addition, whether you are looking for advice on capital raisings, IPO process or just ASIC and ASX advice I would highly recommend the team at Coghlan Duffy Lawyers.”
- Johannes Risseeuw, Executive Chair of Damstra Holdings Ltd (ASX: DTC)
"I started working closely with the team at cdPlus in the lead up to our Initial Public Offering and we have continued the relationship for the 12 months since listing on the ASX.
Without doubt, we could not have succeeded on this journey without the experience and expertise of cdPlus and with Coghlan Duffy Lawyers’ legal support we have had a fantastic experience.
I would highly recommend the team at cdPlus for any company that has big aspirations, wants to grow quickly and needs a team that can expand with your needs.”
- Todd Buckingham, Founder, BetMakers Technology Group Limited (ASX:BET)
“I have worked with cdPlus now for just over a year, specifically Carlie Hodges as our CoSec and Victoria Nadalin as our key contact. I have worked with numerous company secretaries in the past and I have never felt as confident in the CoSec services that I have received than I do now. cdPlus provide company secretarial services that are effectively bespoke to your organisation, tailored to suit your needs. The areas that we felt that we lacked skills, cdPlus were able to assist in filling those gaps. Highly responsive to our needs, nothing is ever too hard for the cdPlus team to deal with. As a listed company we rely on their accuracy and timeliness, something that we have never had an issue with. I cannot recommend cdPlus highly enough.”
- George Livery, Chairperson, The Hydration Pharmaceuticals Company Limited (ASX: HPC)
"cdPlus provides a comprehensive service offering for LiveHire and our shareholders. Their style is competent, professional and effective.
Our Directors are unanimously satisfied with the quality of the corporate governance services cdPlus provides and the legal advice we receive from Coghlan Duffy Lawyers.”
- Antonluigi Gozzi, Co-Founder, LiveHire Limited
“As a foreign company listed on the ASX, cdPlus has delivered a service tailored to meet Splitit’s needs. cdPlus consistently navigates our Board through its corporate governance processes, and seamlessly incorporates Coghlan Duffy Lawyers’ legal expertise, to ensure we are managing our compliance obligations. At Splitit, we use the cdPlus and Coghlan Duffy Lawyers teams as extensions of our team and utilize their respective expertise to guide us through the business opportunities and the requirements of the ASX compliance to execute them.”
- Dawn Robertson, Chair, Splitit Payments Limited (ASX: SPT)
“As a listed company, we are often challenged by the requirements of the ASX Listing Rules, but we feel fortunate to have the reliable and professional team at cdPlus to assist with our corporate governance and ASX compliance. Having access to Coghlan Duffy Lawyers’ legal expertise through cdPlus has also made it much easier for the Board to get comfort around our legal requirements. cdPlus has been outstanding in their personalised assistance and expertise.”
- Adem Karafili, Executive Chairman, Top Shelf International Limited (ASX: TSI)
Our team
Charly Duffy
Executive Director, FGIA FCG (CS, CGP)
As a practising lawyer and Director of Coghlan Duffy Lawyers, Charly has comprehensive corporate and commercial legal experience across a wide range of industries, including technology, wagering, mining, financial services and retail industries, with a particular focus on equity capital markets and public company matters. With this experience, Charly works closely with each client as company secretary to develop a holistic understanding of the client’s business objectives, priorities and risk appetite to enable her to provide pro-active, effective and commercially efficient corporate governance and legal services.
Having worked with clients from ASX 100 companies and national retail chains to family-operated businesses and start-ups, Charly provides practical corporate governance advice that considers the client’s broader commercial objectives and relevant legal issues. As a trusted advisor to the Board of Directors of each client, Charly enjoys working closely with each Board to drive the success of each business.
Charly has completed the Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance at the Governance Institute of Australia and is a Fellow Member of Governance Institute of Australia and Chartered Governance Institute.
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CARLie Hodges
Executive Director, FGIA FCG (CS, CGP)
Carlie is a practising corporate and commercial lawyer with experience with clients ranging from newly incorporated start-ups through to ASX-listed companies. With a Certificate in Corporate Governance Practice from the Governance Institute of Australia, Carlie provides our clients with corporate governance and company secretarial advice with due consideration of the associated legal issues.
Carlie has experience working with a broad range of clients in areas, including health and medical practice, pharmaceutical and environmental laboratory services, telecommunications, retail and technology. Carlie enjoys working closely with each Board to ensure all corporate governance, compliance and legal issues are addressed and supporting the Directors in driving the success of the business.
Carlie has completed the Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance at the Governance Institute of Australia and is a Fellow Member of Governance Institute of Australia and Chartered Governance Institute.
victoria nadalin
Associate Director
Victoria is a corporate and commercial lawyer.
She has previously worked in the financial services industry, and has experience with corporate tax, research & development and international trade matters.
Victoria assists a broad range of clients, ranging from start-ups to ASX listed and unlisted public companies across different industries. Victoria is passionate about building client relationships to support them through the necessary steps in meeting their legal and governance obligations.
Harry pratt
Governance Advisor
Harry is a corporate and commercial lawyer with a depth of experience in the areas of equity capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions.
Harry has worked with companies of all sizes, from pre-IPO through ASX listing and beyond, and advised on a wide range of governance and policy matters.
Harry brings a legal focus to company secretarial work, and an understanding of the complex issues faced by boards in both the private and public space.
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