Structure and Composition of Management Bodies of Joint Stock Company

The article examines and structures the governing bodies of a joint stock company. The analysis of legal regulation of activity of joint-stock companies is carried out and it is defined that the supreme body of joint-stock company is general meeting of shareholders. The legal nature and system of governing bodies of a joint-stock company are analyzed, taking into account that in recent years in Ukraine there are enterprises of new organizational and legal forms, including joint-stock companies, which have a huge role in the economy and business. Thus, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs and Public Associations in the period 2019-2020, more than 60,000 thousand joint-stock companies were registered in Ukraine. Currently, joint stock companies are established in all industries and services. The study formulates the definition of management in a joint stock company as an object of legal regulation, taking into account the analysis of its essence, in particular, it is substantiated that management in a joint stock company is an organizational and legal activity of the company's management bodies. competence, formalized by the relevant acts, which ensures the participation of the company in civil turnover for profit. It is considered and characterized that the civil law regulation of management in a joint-stock company takes into account the legal status of shareholders as persons who have invested their property in the capital of the company. The shareholder is given the right to participate in the management of the company, the implementation of which takes place indirectly, by participating in the governing bodies of the company. The conclusion is substantiated that the governing bodies in a joint-stock company are the legal form established by law, in which public relations on management of a joint-stock company are realized, while the legal nature of governing bodies is defined as part of a legal entity and not as a special type of representation. The criterion for allocating management bodies in a joint-stock company is determined and it is proved that the management bodies include those bodies of a joint-stock company in whose competence the law provides issues related to the formation and expression of will of a legal entity, namely: general meeting, supervisory board and executive authorities.