The importance of careful drafting – discounting employee shareholders
October 2024 Rating system: Reading time (1-10 minutes): 7ish Sophistication level (1 (idiot) – 10 (expert)): 6 Entertainment value (1 (turgid) –... Read More
The top questions any shareholders agreement needs to address
A meaty Guide setting out some key issues to address in any shareholders agreement, particularly one between founders
Law and faith
What does the expression ‘good faith’ mean when you put it in a shareholders agreement?
Unfair by definition
You can check out any time you like but you can never compete? A Court of Appeal decision on restrictive covenants by employee shareholders
Fair’s fair? Minority shareholders beware
March 2021
Fair's fair? A scary case about valuing a minority shareholder's shares
Russians use English courts for pre-emptive attacks
A sizzling tale involving a menage a trois of Russian oligarchs. Or - what does English law have to say about rights of first refusal on share transfers?
Expert determination of fair value – Cream Holdings case
Feb 2012 Where a number of people go into business together using a company , they normally (should do anyway) have provisions in the company’s Articles of Association or in a shareholders agreement saying what happens if one of them leaves...