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Board & governance

Scrutiny of corporate leadership decisions and corporate governance has never been more apparent, with increased regulatory risk, shareholder claims and investigations making it more important for considered, confident and transparent decision making.

Our corporate headquarters advisory team works with Board chairs, non-executive directors, CEOs, company secretaries, corporate counsel and other senior executives, focusing on helping them to more effectively discharge their duties and improve board performance and decision-making.

We offer confidential tailored and pragmatic advice across the full spectrum of regulatory, compliance and governance issues, and we specialise in preventive strategies to avert governance problems before they arise. Our expertise includes:

  • Skills development and training, including board effectiveness and good decision making. Visit our Board and Executive Network hub for more information.
  • Best practice commercial, legal and ethical standards
  • Crisis management and major incident responses
  • Directors’ duties and liabilities
  • Board composition and sub-committees
  • Indemnities and insurance
  • Constitutions
  • Annual reports, AGM / EGMs and shareholder / investor relations
  • Director and senior executive remuneration / incentives
  • Regulatory requirements including market disclosures, corporate crime and insider trading investigations

Knowledge and expertise

Explore how our industry expertise supports boards and executives across Australia’s most complex sectors.

  • Board and executive network
  • Complex Liabilities, Insurance and Regulation
  • Education
  • Energy and resources
  • Financial Services
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  • Competition
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Disputes
  • Workplace
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Board and executive network

Through the Board & Executive Network, we bring together market‑leading industry expertise and advisory services to help boards and senior executives navigate governance, risk, transactions and complex change with clarity and confidence.

BOARD AND EXECUTIVE NETWORKS

Complex Liabilities, Insurance and Regulation

Complex Liabilities, Insurance and Regulation brings together market‑leading expertise across complex torts and other civil liabilities, insurance advice and disputes, public law, regulatory responses and enforcement, supporting boards, senior executives, Government and insurers in matters where legal, commercial and reputational issues intersect. We advise in high-stakes matters shaping Australia’s legal and risk landscape.

LIABILITIES, INSURANCE & REGULATION

Education

We support our educational clients to innovate, deliver superior student experience and ultimately to improve education outcomes for their students.

EDUCATION

Energy and resources

The energy and resources sector is undergoing rapid change, shaped by ESG pressures, decarbonisation, renewables, new technologies and complex energy policy. We support policymakers and companies to navigate regulation and respond to ongoing disruption.

ENERGY & RESOURCES

Financial Services

The financial services industry is in constant transformation – adapting to regulatory changes, new competitors, technology, customer and community expectations. And the industry will keep evolving.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Health

Partnering with MinterEllison equips your organisation to lean into the future with confidence. We ensure that your strategies address the immediate needs of patients and market demands while adhering to the evolving regulatory landscape—all while fostering a culture of innovation and sustainable growth.

HEALTH

Infrastructure

We are a top‑tier national infrastructure advisor, bringing end‑to‑end experience and a 360‑degree perspective across major projects and transactions to help governments and the private sector deliver innovative, sustainable and resilient infrastructure.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Real estate

Discover how our multidisciplinary real estate team helps clients navigate complex transactions, emerging asset classes and regulatory change to achieve strong commercial outcomes.

REAL ESTATE

Government

Partner with advisers who understand how government works and help shape policy, manage risk and deliver complex public sector projects with confidence.

GOVERNMENT

Corporate Governance

We offer confidential tailored and pragmatic advice across the full spectrum of regulatory, compliance and governance issues, and we specialise in preventive strategies to avert governance problems before they arise. 

BOARD AND GOVERNANCE

private equity

Australia's leading private equity firms value strong relationships with advisors who deliver superior commerciality, strategic advice and market intelligence to help them actively engage in market opportunities. With our unparalleled sector coverage we work with sponsors across the spectrum of deal sizes to achieve their strategic outcome. Discover how our private equity team helps drive value at every stage of the investment.

PRIVATE EQUITY

 

Risk and Regulatory

To help you thrive during complex situations, we've brought together one market-leading team of risk and legal practitioners, with experience on the client-side, coupled with first-hand knowledge of how to stay on the right side of regulators. 

RISK AND REGULATORY

Competition

We have deep understanding of Australian competition and consumer laws and sector-specific regulatory regimes and extensive industry expertise. We know how the ACCC operates and have relationships with key decision makers. 

COMPETITION CONSUMER & REGULATION

Mergers and Acquisitions

We work with our market leading tax, funds and financial services, workplace, finance, energy and resources, real estate and construction, and risk and regulatory practices to provide a seamless transaction experience.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Disputes

We're trusted by leading Australian and multinational corporations and government agencies for our tenacity, rigour and commerciality.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Workplace

We work with boards, executive leadership, people and culture leads, and business integrity and safety teams. Together with AskYourTeam, we offer practical steps and strategic guidance, informed by good data, to support a positive workplace culture. We provide the tools to measure and monitor progress over time. 

RESPECTFUL WORKPLACE CULTURES

Tax

As the largest tax practice in the Australian law firm landscape, we have the experience, expertise and reach to seamlessly offer both legal and non-legal solutions to your organisation.

TAX

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Recent developments

Prudential Standard CPS 230 Operational Risk Management (CPS 230)

Coming into force on 1 July 2025, CPS 230 applies to prudentially regulated entities. It replaces five existing outsourcing and business continuity standards and creates additional oversight requirements in respect of material service providers. The new standard requires APRA-regulated entities to prepare for service disruptions, take action to prevent these and enhance operational resilience. Explore our CPS 230 resources now.

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Design and distribution obligations (DDO)

With the purpose of helping consumers access appropriate financial products, new product design and distribution obligations came into force in Australia in October 2021. The DDOs require issuers and distributors to take a customer-centric approach in the design, marketing and distribution of financial products. View our resources to learn more now.

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The Financial Accountability Regime (FAR)

The Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) replaces and expands on the existing Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR). Broadly, the FAR will extends strengthened, but BEAR-like accountability requirements to other APRA-regulated entities and to the directors/senior executives of those entities in accordance with the government's response to several Hayne Commission recommendations. The aim of the FAR is ultimately to strengthen and increase individual and entity level accountability across the financial services sector, including for non-financial conduct risk. FAR is now in force for banks and will apply to insurers and superannuation trustees from 15 March 2025.

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Lead contacts

Siobhan Doherty

Partner, Sydney

John Steven

Partner, Melbourne

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