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