This book with a foreword by Mr. Abubakar B. Mahmoud, SAN, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, provides the reader with the duties, guidelines, and framework to execute the evolved functions of a 21st-century company secretary. It also encompasses a guide to the relationship between the company secretary and the board chairman, the board as a whole and each director, and external solicitors during mergers as well as the acquisition of the company.