It is the set of rules determining who decides what inside a company: the powers of the general assembly, the board and executive management, together with oversight and conflict-of-interest mechanisms. Weak governance does not show while profits are good — it shows at the first dispute between partners.
Preparing governance regulations and articles of association · Drafting shareholders' agreements and deadlock mechanisms · Structuring board and committee operations · Conflict-of-interest and related-party transaction policies · Representing minority shareholders against majority decisions · Actions to annul assembly or board resolutions.
Partner disputes over management and authority · Minority shareholder protection · Challenging general assembly resolutions · Conflicts of interest and related-party transactions · Director liability · Structuring partner exit and share valuation · Family business governance.
When forming a company with more than one partner; when a new investor joins; when a family business passes to the second generation; and when a partner feels their decisions are being sidelined — an early signal of a coming dispute that governance can contain instead of litigation.
Partner disputes and annulment of resolutions are heard before the Commercial Court. The underlying structure itself is set in the articles and governance regulations — see company formation.
We start by reading the articles and shareholders' agreement to establish whether the disputed authority is regulated at all. Often it is not, and the solution is then either an agreed amendment or litigation. We set out both options with their costs before you choose.
We write governance documents with the eye of someone who has actually litigated partner disputes, so we know which clause later becomes a weapon and which gets overlooked. Fees are fair and competitive, set by the size of the company and the complexity of the structure.
Statutory requirements vary by company type and size, but clear rules benefit any company with more than one partner even where not mandated.
Through provisions in the articles and shareholders' agreement covering quorum for major decisions, veto rights, and a fair exit mechanism.
Yes, in specific circumstances involving breach of the law or the articles, or harm to the company or a class of shareholders.
Yes, particularly on structuring the transfer of management to the next generation and separating ownership from management.
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