W. Davies has extensive experience in drafting shareholders’ agreements.

You may need us to draw up a shareholders’ agreement for various reasons, including the following:

• One of the shareholders dies
• It is not possible to have unanimous agreement
• A deadlock has arisen between the shareholders, and
• A shareholder decides to sell his interest.

A shareholders’ agreement is entered into by the current shareholders in a company, to provide the business with internal stability and guidance.

Together with the articles of association, a shareholders’ agreement can set down rules in relation to which decisions have to be unanimously made and can specify which decisions must be made by a majority vote.

A shareholders’ agreement can also be an important tool when trying to raise capital for your business.

For more information about this please contact Graham Mott on gm@wdavies.com or James Thorne on jt@wdavies.com