Gain clarity on real-world issues that matter to your organization & equip your team with actionable insights for audit readiness and corporate governance as our Atty. Willie B. Santiago, CPA, will cover the following areas of concern:

a. Can a non-stock, non-profit alumni association (NAS) validly provide loans to its members, and if so, can it charge interest or administrative fees?

b. Whether construction company may be 100% foreign owned

c. A look at SEC jurisdiction over GOCC, government instrumentality & non-stock, non-profit corporation performing governmental functions

d. Whether representative office may act as independent contractor to perform recruitment/training support services for seafarers hired by Ship Management Company abroad; Permissible activities of a representative office revisited

e. Treatment of dormant or inactive stockholders

f. Composition of the Board of Directors; Qualification of Foreign Representatives; Beneficial Ownership Disclosure

g. Conversion of Common Shares into Redeemable Preferred Shares (RPS); Determination of Redemption Price

h. Focus on Real Estate Investment Trust

i. Applicability of Lending Company Regulation Act (LCRA) to Trusteed Retirement Plan Loan Programs

j. Whether an educational institution can be a stock but non-profit by simply waiving dividends and by limiting shareholder rights to asset repayment upon dissolution

k. Incorporated joint venture & freedom to contract

l.  Effects of merger on trade names and trademark

m. Can foreigners participate in the Board of Condominium Corporation

n. Revaluation Increment or Appraisal Surplus for Cash & Stock Dividends

o. Compensation vs. Reasonable Per Diems for Condominium Corporation Trustees