Types of shares and reasons for restructuring your shares?
A company may choose to restructure its shares and issue different classes of share for a variety of reasons, such as raising capital, reducing debt, [...]
Garden Leave -Protecting your business when employees go
When a key employee is about to leave, employers look to minimise damage to their business and may wish to keep the employee away from [...]
Green leases and moves to improve energy efficiency
Concerns about the impact of climate change are beginning to affect all areas of business including business premises, which are responsible for a significant proportion [...]
Protecting your interests when taking venture capital
The stories of companies which received investment after an appearance on Dragons’ Den are legendary, but every so often one turns down the opportunity to [...]
Landowners’ rights and the Electronic Communications Code
Communications network providers need rights to put their equipment on private land and the advent of 5G makes this need more pressing. A new Electronic [...]
Appointing a new director
As your business grows and evolves, you may wish to bring new directors onto the board to reward and secure key members of staff or [...]
Resolving a dispute after terminating a commercial agency
If you use commercial agents to market and sell your goods, then it will be important to monitor their performance to ensure they are delivering [...]
Payment terms in your commercial contracts
When you extend credit to a customer it is very easy to forget that it is the same as handing over cash. In order to [...]
Managing risk with a commercial agent
Appointing a commercial agent is one way of entering a market for your business, and it can be a good way to test the water [...]
Resolving a dispute arising out of a breach of your fiduciary duties
If you have been appointed as a company director, a commercial agent or a trustee, then as well as any contractual or statutory obligations you [...]