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Unfair prejudice materialises where one or more minority shareholders have their interests infringed (prejudiced) by a majority shareholder, and often occurs when the majority shareholder has control at board level. As a result of the majority shareholder’s control, the company can be run purely for the advantage for the majority shareholder and can be disadvantageous to the minority shareholder(s).
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The Jonathan Lea Network will be hosting another webinar on Tuesday 4th November at 5pm which we welcome you to join for free.
This webinar will look at how best to minimise and resolve shareholder disputes, hosted by Jonathan Lea who will be joined by our experienced dispute resolution solicitor Kishan Bhatt and one of our trainee solicitors, Simon Brooks.
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Last updated on May 13th, 2020 at 09:31 amWhat are good leavers and bad leavers? A shareholders’ agreement will typically include a provision for ‘good and bad leavers’, which sets out rules to determine how much a shareholder leaving a company is entitled to for their shares and under what circumstances the shares can be […]
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Last updated on May 13th, 2020 at 09:32 amThe disclosure process The disclosure process is a key part of a private acquisition and a full and proper disclosure exercise is in both parties’ interests. It is the seller’s opportunity to disclose any liabilities or potential liabilities to the buyer in order to have a successful […]
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Share dilution occurs when a company issues new shares such as in a future round of investment, or perhaps on exercise of share options granted. The issuance of new shares will dilute the percentage of an existing shareholder’s interest in the company, although the number of shares they own remains the same.
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How a company can raise additional funds and issue new shares by carrying out a pre-emptive open offer to the existing shareholders before any remaining balance are offered to new investors.
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When ‘co-founders become co-flounders’ this post examines how mediation be used to help resolve bitter shareholder disputes. As Churchill famously said “Jaw Jaw is better than War War” so if you can’t talk to each other, make use of and talk to a mediator!
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Shareholder disputes can arise in a number of ways and often escalate because the parties don’t get advice early on about their legal rights and don’t understand the best options and strategies to follow. This post highlights a few of the main areas to consider.
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EMI option schemes are intended to help companies retain valued employees and to reward the employees for investing their time and skills in helping the company grow.
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An overview of what’s involved when shares in a UK private company are sold.
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