Small-business owners often want to control the future ownership of their company. When your business is set up as a corporation, you can use a shareholders agreement to specify the terms and ...

A shareholders agreement is a legally binding contract between a company’s shareholders that sets out their rights and obligations within the partnership. This document governs the internal operations ...

A company must have articles of incorporation (“articles”). The articles will apply to all persons who are members of the company, without any requirement for persons, other than the original ...

A corporation creates and maintains certain documents, one of which is its bylaws. This document is created shortly after the corporation is formed and, in general, sets the rules and regulations for ...

THE importance of a professionally drafted shareholders’ agreement that has been tailored to your business cannot be overstated. Although a business owner might be tempted to cut costs with a template ...

Rebecca Robinson, Director in the Company Commercial Team at Wake Smith Solicitors in Sheffield, looks at the importance of a shareholders’ agreement. Many limited companies are started each year by ...

As law firms operate with corporate or quasi-corporate structures such as professional corporations or limited liability companies, the importance of carefully drafted shareholder agreements cannot be ...