Buy shares from an existing shareholder

Buy shares from an existing shareholder We will help you buy into an existing company with the due diligence and the rights you need to protect the investment. Buying shares from an existing shareholder means joining a company that already has a way of doing things. You inherit its history, its constitution and whatever the […]

9 questions to ask yourself before you sell your business

We have written a lot of technical stuff about selling a business. But we’re finding that more and more people want to understand the best high-level strategy to actually conclude a successful deal. Set out below are 9 key questions you need to ask yourself before you start to sell your business. 1. Do I […]

How do pre-emption rights work?

Most Shareholder Agreements, Constitutions and Partnership Agreements provide ‘pre-emption’ rights. These are rights that require someone wanting to sell an interest in the enterprise, to first offer the interest to the other equity holders. But they do not necessarily require the majority to buy.

‘Tag-along’, ‘drag-along’ and other strange rights

When you first read these clauses it isn’t always clear what they are trying to achieve, and why you would include them in your Shareholders Agreement (or Constitution).