Advice for sincerely deluded directors and others
As Flanders and Swann once sang (or at least Flanders once said), ‘always be sincere – whether you mean it or not’.
But things are even more complicated nowadays in the world of corporate law and directors’ duties, and this recent case shows that it is not enough to be sincere even if you mean it if you are actually deluded in thinking you are being honest. Or something like that.
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.
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
Shareholder agreements – preliminary questions for founders
This third Guide in my series sets out some questions founders should consider before they even think of divvying up the shares or asking someone to draft a shareholders agreement for them.
Is your shareholders agreement fit for purpose?
One size doesn't fit all - why you might need a shareholders agreement in different shareholder scenarios
Read this and tell me you don’t need a shareholders agreement
What is the default position where you don’t have a shareholders agreement or tailored Articles of Association for your company?
Law and faith
What does the expression ‘good faith’ mean when you put it in a shareholders agreement?
Shareholder deadlock is no holiday – two salutary tales
Not investing in a shareholders agreement can cause great pain and suffering...