All shareholders can benefit from a shareholders’ agreement. A shareholders’ agreement addresses potentially contentious issues before problems arise. Without one, the relationship is governed by the applicable legislation, but that doesn’t cover everything the shareholders might want to cover or do so in the way they would choose.
The best bet: take control and negotiate a shareholders’ agreement. Join McInnes Cooper’s Devin Coady as he covers the key practical considerations and terms of founders shareholders’ agreements and the key complementary agreements founders should consider.