Corporations have a separate legal identity and enjoy the benefit of the attorney-client privilege. (Hoiles v. Superior Court (1984) 157 Cal. App. 3d 1192, 1198 [204 Cal. Rptr. 111].) Evidence Code section 951 defines a "client" as the "person" who "directly or through an authorized representative, consults a lawyer for the purpose of retaining the lawyer . . . ." the term "person" includes a corporation (Evid. Code, 175); indeed, it may extend to an unincorporated organization "when the organization (rather than its individual members) is the client." (Cal. Law Revision Com. com., 29B pt. 3 West's Ann. Evid. Code (1995 ed.) foll. 951, p. 207.) There is no statutory exception for shareholders, even for closely held entities, and courts are powerless to elaborate upon the legislative scheme. (Dickerson v. Superior Court (1982) 135 Cal. App. 3d 93, 99 [185 Cal. Rptr. 97].)