The firm provides ongoing and strategic legal counsel to private companies, corporations, partnerships and entrepreneurs across a wide range of matters. We support the company throughout its business life – from incorporation and setting up the corporate structure, through ongoing corporate governance, to complex transactions and the resolution of internal disputes.
Our work in this area combines a solid commercial understanding with careful analysis of legal exposure, with the aim of creating a stable business environment that allows the company to grow.
The firm’s corporate and company law practice includes, among other things:
Incorporation and corporate support
Advice on choosing the right legal structure (company, partnership or public benefit company), drafting articles of association, registration with the Registrar of Companies, and founders’ agreements that govern the relationship between shareholders.
Corporate governance and ongoing counsel
Advice to boards of directors and officers on their legal duties, support at management and board meetings, drafting minutes, and regulating the relationship between management and shareholders.
Commercial agreements and transactions
Distribution, franchise, agency, logistics and business cooperation agreements. We accompany the client from negotiation through signing and implementation.
Shareholder disputes and control disputes
Representation in complex internal disputes, including minority oppression claims, breach of fiduciary duty by officers, and derivative actions. We work to protect the client’s interests while minimising disruption to the business.
Equity transactions and financing
Support in investment rounds, loan agreements and convertible instruments, and regulating dilution mechanisms and veto rights between shareholders.
Officers’ liability and risk management
Preventive advice to CEOs and directors to reduce exposure to personal or criminal liability, and support in due diligence for acquisitions, investments and mergers.
Our legal services are provided personally by the firm’s attorneys, on the understanding that a business needs fast, creative and professional answers that allow it to operate with confidence in a changing environment.
