Shareholder Agreement in the United Kingdom

Key issues in structuring and drafting UK corporate joint venture documentation and shareholders’ agreements:

• Deadlock companies in English company law.
• Minority protection under English company law.
• Typical minority vetoes.
• Share valuation provisions
• Dispute resolution
• Due diligence
• Warranties
• Indemnities
• Shareholders’ agreements involving UK tax resident individuals
• Directors of UK companies.
• Termination
• Consequences of Termination
• Pre-termination put and call options
• Pre-emption rights on share transfers
• Purchase of shares by a UK company
• Redemption of shares by a UK company
• Sale of the compay
• Initial public offering of the company

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This entry was last updated: November 3, 2017

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