Whitepeak Law drafts and negotiates shareholders' agreements for founders, investors and shareholders: liquidity clauses, pre-emption rights, good and bad leaver, exit mechanisms and dispute resolution.
Drafting and negotiation of comprehensive shareholders' agreements: governance rights, decision-making mechanisms, information rights, reserved matters and dispute resolution.
Negotiation of investor-specific provisions: preferred shares, anti-dilution protections, information rights, board representation, drag-along and tag-along rights.
Drafting of exit provisions: liquidity clauses, drag-along, tag-along, put and call options, ROFR, ROFO and deadlock resolution mechanisms.
Structuring of good leaver/bad leaver provisions: vesting schedules, acceleration events, valuation mechanisms for leaver shares and non-compete provisions.
Shareholders' agreements that protect founders' interests: governance rights, vesting provisions, exit mechanisms and relationship management with investors.
Negotiation of investor protections: preferred shares, anti-dilution, information rights, board representation and exit provisions.
Management shareholders' agreements in LBO/MBO transactions: sweet equity structuring, good leaver/bad leaver provisions and exit alignment.
Analysis and enforcement of existing shareholders' agreements: deadlock resolution, exercise of exit options and enforcement of shareholder rights.
A shareholders' agreement must work for all parties over the long term. Whitepeak Law seeks provisions that protect each party's legitimate interests while remaining executable in practice.
A good shareholders' agreement anticipates the scenarios that will arise: fundraising, executive changes, shareholder exits and disputes. Whitepeak Law drafts provisions that work across these scenarios.
For shareholders in regulated sector companies, the shareholders' agreement must integrate regulatory constraints: approval of transfers, change of control notifications and regulatory fitness requirements for key shareholders.
Confidential first exchange to discuss your shareholder structure and define the key provisions of your shareholders' agreement.
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