On 26 November 2020, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Suspension of ...
November 26, 2020
November 26, 2020
On 26 November 2020, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Suspension of ...
October 23, 2020
If directors or employees leave, what should happen to their shares or share options? It ...
September 2, 2020
In the early stages of many startups, the founders carry out almost all the ...
July 20, 2020
If you are capital raising as a founder of a startup, potential investors will ...
June 22, 2020
VC and angel investors are likely to want ‘customary drag and tag provisions’ in ...
May 14, 2020
Whether you are appointed to the Board of the company you work for or ...
April 21, 2020
The Government has announced a new scheme to issue convertible loans to innovative companies ...
February 14, 2020
We are all likely to need some help to achieve commercial success at some ...
February 12, 2020
Convertible loan notes are a loan made by an investor to the company which ...
January 23, 2020
You hold shares as a founder or an early investor in a startup, and ...
January 8, 2020
What are Articles of Association?Articles of association, also called ‘articles’, create a contract between ...
December 11, 2019
Investors will usually want to get their investment monies back ahead of the founders ...
November 14, 2019
Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) are share option arrangements aimed at small growing companies.Privately owned ...
October 3, 2019
Growth Shares are a special class of shares which reward holders with the growth ...
September 11, 2019
Pre-emption rights are often referred during negotiations for funding rounds as being key for ...
August 1, 2019
An advanced subscription agreement is, in essence, a prepayment by an investor for ordinary ...
June 29, 2019
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) are schemes designed to ...
May 18, 2019
As a law firm, we don’t carry out valuations of businesses. We as solicitors, ...
March 21, 2019
Angel investment is an investment by individuals, generally high net worth, from their own funds. ...
December 7, 2018
If you are giving a personal guarantee in relation to your company, we can ...
November 15, 2018
A shareholders' agreement provides for how a company should be run, and governs the ...
October 26, 2018
You should think carefully about the Inheritance Tax consequences if you are selling your ...
August 4, 2018
In many businesses including start-ups, the directors and shareholders are the same people. The ...
May 27, 2018
The European Commission announced on 15 May 2018 that it had approved the prolongation ...
May 1, 2018
New laws have come into effect from 26 April 2018 to help tackle the ...
April 27, 2018
The PSC register is a register of persons with significant control over a company ...
December 4, 2017
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) are schemes designed to ...