Business Structure Strategies
Employee share schemes (ESS) give employees shares in the company they work for, or the opportunity to buy shares in the company.
An early-stage innovation company (ESIC) is a company that has high growth potential, can scale, addresses a broader than the local market, and has competitive advantages.
A discretionary trust (also known as a family trust) is a trust established to hold a family's assets or operate a business.
A company may be deregistered after it is closed down, liquidated or struck off the register of companies by ASIC.
A super fund trustee company is a type of special purpose proprietary company that is only permitted to act as trustee of a self-managed superannuation fund.
A shelf company is a company that has not traded and historically has had no activity.
Unlike private companies, under the Corporations Act public companies can raise capital from the public, and have unlimited shareholders.
Proprietary limited companies are the most common company structure in Australia and account for 98.5% of all companies.
A partnership of discretionary trusts is a partnership where each partner is a discretionary trust.