Sell the shares in your company

Sell the shares in your company We will help you sell every share in your company on terms that stop your exposure running on indefinitely. When you sell shares, the buyer does not just buy what the company does now. They buy every decision it has made, every contract it signed and every return it […]

What is a ‘share class’?

You must understand the full implications of the share structure you adopt in your companies. How you set your companies up will have a material impact on the commercial control, commercial return, tax, asset protection and estate planning outcomes you achieve.

Hey Partner, we need a Buy-Sell Agreement

If you have business partners, you need to consider what will occur when a partner wants to retire or suffers death or disability. One way to minimise the chaos, and control the order of events, is to design and execute a buy-sell agreement.

Company Constitutions v Shareholders’ Agreements

When people go into business together it’s common for them to enter into a Shareholders’ Agreements to govern how they will own and administer their company. Our preference is to use a tailored version of the company’s ‘Constitution’ as the primary instrument to regulate the affairs of a company. Our reasons are:

Does your company need a Constitution?

Here are some reasons why you should think about a Constitution for your company, rather than simply adopting the ‘replaceable rules’ in the Corporations Act.

Is your business ready for sale?

If you’re thinking of selling your business, we bet there are 2 key outcomes you are looking for:
1. Getting the highest purchase price possible; and
2. Being able to make a clean break from the business, so you can think about something else (and maybe even relax or take a holiday).
These outcomes are both realistic and achievable, but it will take some planning before you put the business up for sale.

What’s the best structure for my startup?

When asked what structure to use, we like to apply several key principles and ‘rules of thumb’ to get the right answer.

How much is the ASIC lodgement fee to set up a company in Australia?

How much is the ASIC fee to set up a company in Australia?

I’m a ‘start-up’. How should I set up my new business?

So you’ve just come up with a great business concept, given it a test-drive among your family and friends, and now want to go to the next stage. What do you do? You need to put together the ‘playing field’ for your venture. In other words, you need a ‘business structure’.

Dealing with employees as part of a business sale

Dealing with employees and their entitlements as part of a business sale or acquisition is not straight-forward. There are plenty of traps and tricks for the uninitiated. Find out what you need to know.