Local Agent of a Foreign Company

Due to our current workload, Hopkins Corporate Solutions Pty Ltd is not taking on any new clients.
A Local Agent of a foreign company is appointed under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (CA) and is answerable for the doing of all acts, matters and things that the foreign company is required to do by or under the CA.   Amongst other things, the local agent is responsible for all documents lodged with ASIC and can sign any ASIC forms on behalf of the company.  Thus, in many respects, a local agent has duties and responsibilities under the CA similar to those of a company secretary, other than the signing of agreements and other corporate documents. 

A local agent can be held personally liable for any penalty imposed on the foreign company for a contravention of the CA.

A Local Agent can be either:

• a person aged 18 years or over who resides in Australia; or
• an Australian company.

Registered Address

Foreign companies registered in Australia must have an Australian registered office address.

Hopkins Corporate Solutions services

Due to our current workload, Hopkins Corporate Solutions Pty Ltd is not taking on any new clients.
To assist companies to meet the Local Agent and Registered Office address requirements, Hopkins Corporate Solutions provides the services of a local agent and registered office address.

Hopkins Corporate Solutions can also assist foreign companies with their registration in Australia and their ongoing compliance with the requirements of the CA and associated legislation.

Please email us at Ian.Hopkins@hopkinscorporate.com.au, phone +61 414 496 319 or Contact Us for further details.