Shareholders’ agreements
Your shareholders’ agreement decides who controls the company, what happens when someone leaves, and how disputes get settled. It is worth getting right.
Whether you need a shareholders’ agreement (SHA) drafted from scratch or you want an existing one checked before you sign, we handle it at a fixed fee, usually in hours rather than weeks. You get a qualified solicitor on every matter and a fixed fee agreed up front.
Most early-stage companies run on a one-size-fits-all set of articles that says almost nothing about the things that actually cause founder fallouts: vesting, leaver terms, decision rights, and what happens when someone wants out. A proper SHA fills that gap. We draft one around how your company actually works, not a template with your name pasted in.
Already have one? Get it checked.
Plenty of founders download a template, fill it in, and then want a real solicitor to look it over before everyone signs. That instinct is right. Templates are a reasonable starting point, but they are generic by design, and the clauses that matter most are exactly the ones a template cannot tailor to your situation. Send us what you have. We will review it, flag the gaps and the genuine risks in plain English, tell you what is standard and what is worth changing, and hand you a marked-up version you can act on.
We cover the whole agreement:
- Vesting and leaver provisions, including good leaver and bad leaver terms
- Drag-along and tag-along rights
- Pre-emption rights and restrictions on share transfers
- Board composition and decision rights
- Investor rights and consent matters
- Aligning the agreement with your articles of association and cap table
- Drafting a new shareholders’ agreement
- Reviewing an existing or template-based agreement before signing
- A marked-up version with risks and gaps flagged in plain English
- Vesting, leaver, drag-along, tag-along and pre-emption provisions
- Board control and investor consent matters
- Alignment with your articles of association and cap table
Tell us what you need
Send us the document or just describe the problem. We'll scope it, quote a fixed fee, and get to work. You can use the form, or email us at enquiries@kyralaw.co.uk.