Whitepeak Law advises founders, executives and investors on all aspects of company law: creation, structuring, governance, holding companies and internal restructurings.
Drafting and negotiation of shareholders' agreements. Liquidity clauses, pre-emption rights, good and bad leaver provisions, exit mechanisms, and governance between shareholders.
Advice on the choice of legal form suited to the client's objectives: SAS, SARL, SA, SCI, holding. Drafting of articles of association and initial governance setup.
Structuring of patrimonial, operational, and investment holding companies: choice of form, articles of association, shareholders' agreement, and coordination with the overall strategy.
Transfer of shares and interests in SARLs, SASs, and other structures. Legal audit, valuation, representations and warranties, and management of approval formalities.
Support through voluntary dissolution and liquidation procedures: shareholders' resolution, asset realisation, liability settlement, and deregistration formalities.
Corporate restructuring transactions: mergers, absorptions, partial asset contributions, demergers, and legal form conversions.
Creation, initial structuring, governance documentation and preparation for fundraising: choice of form, shareholder agreements and investor relations.
Reorganisation of corporate structures: holding company creation, simplification of group architecture, optimisation of governance and subsidiary management.
Creation of French subsidiaries: choice of form, governance adaptation and compliance with French corporate law requirements.
Corporate structuring for regulated activities: holding company above regulated entities, segregation of regulated and unregulated activities, compliance of governance with regulatory requirements.
Corporate structuring decisions have long-lasting consequences. Whitepeak Law structures companies with a view to their development trajectory: fundraising, growth, exit or succession.
For regulated sector companies, corporate structuring must integrate regulatory constraints from the outset. The choice of corporate form and governance structure affects the regulatory status of the entity.
Company law advice must translate into concrete, workable documents. Whitepeak Law provides articles of association, governance documents and shareholder agreements that are operational in practice.
Confidential first exchange to discuss your structuring needs and define the most appropriate corporate architecture for your objectives.
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