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Shareholders’ Agreements With Tinsdills

A shareholders’ agreement is a contract between the shareholders of a company setting out agreed matters between them, such as:

how shares can be transferred;
rights of first refusal;
decisions on which all shareholders must agree;
how dividends are payable;
non-compete restrictions and exit plans.

Shareholders’ agreements can provide protection to minority shareholders, achieve control for majority shareholders and provide a default position to fall back on in certain situations. By entering into a shareholders’ agreement which regulates the dealings of shareholders, those shareholders inevitably reduce the risk of future dispute between them or, at least, provide a structured way to deal with any such dispute.

In addition to preparing a bespoke shareholders’ agreement, it is important to ensure that your company’s articles of association are consistent with that shareholders’ agreement to avoid uncertainty or conflict in the future and to ensure the agreement between the shareholders on matters such as transmission, share transfers and director decision-making are consistent.

At Tinsdills Solicitors, we have a team of specialist business law solicitors who can negotiate and prepare a shareholders’ agreement that is tailored to the needs of the shareholders.

“Caroline, Becky and the team acted on our behalf in the management buyout of our shares in our commercial refrigeration and ware washing goods distribution company. It was a complicated transaction under which there were various parties including finance, numerous lawyers, accountants and tax advisers. The team negotiated a fair deal for us and were supportive, explained complex matters in simple jargon-free language and we felt confident in their ability in acting on our behalf. We would like to thank the team at Tinsdills for their hard work, dedication, help and patience throughout the transaction.”

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“With all the varied aspects of our business, Caroline Gray was very patient and accommodating to our needs and changes and even more changes. Thank you very much.”

“Having dealt with Tinsdills a few years ago (from the opposite side of the table), Caroline and her team were my first choice when embarking on the next chapter of our business growth. A complicated share/company buyout; the team were always on hand to offer words of advice, illustrating that they ‘had my back’ on every occasion. I would not hesitate to recommend their proposition to any business looking for a first-class legal team, able to present information in a logical and understandable fashion. Thank you to Caroline, Rebekah and the Team.”

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