OnHand Counsel Guides Index
Shareholder arrangements and joint ventures: Read this and tell me you don’t need a shareholders agreement Explains the default position where... Read More
Share sale or business sale: Things to think about #1: Who or what is selling?
Do you know the differences between a share sale and a business sale? This Guide focusses on some of the things to think about based on who or what is doing the selling.
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
Selling your business or your company – what’s the difference?
When first speaking to company owners who are thinking of selling up, I am often surprised by how many of them have not thought about the many differences between a company sale (ie selling the shares in a company) and a business sale (ie a company selling its business and assets as a going concern). And even when speaking to quite savvy business owners or accountants and other professional advisors I am often surprised at how they have not appreciated some of the differences between these two types of deals.
So, in this series of Guides, I am going to explain lots of ways in which company sales and business sales are different, which you should ideally be aware of if you are a business owner who might ever want to sell (or buy) a business (or a company…).
Ways to deal with fallouts in deadlock companies
Some guidance as to other possible ways and strategies to help you resolve a deadlock, including how you can use the courts to help.
Shareholder fall-out – how a shareholders agreement can help to break through the resulting paralysis
This Guide explains various different ways in which a shareholders agreement might provide to break through any paralysis which could otherwise be caused by a fallout between the owners of a deadlock company.
50:50 companies – how to prevent deadlock paralysis
How having a well-thought-out and well-drafted shareholders agreement can help prevent the potential paralysis caused by a fallout between the owners of a deadlock company.
OnHand Counsel Guides Index
Shareholder arrangements and joint ventures: Read this and tell me you don’t need a shareholders agreement Explains the default position where... Read More
The problem with 50:50 companies – deadlock paralysis
Deadlock companies - why deadlock paralysis can be such a pain and the basic ways in which you can prevent it.
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