Joint Ventures and Shareholders Agreements

Experience

Our large team of 6 solicitors have over 70 years of experience between them, including knowledge gained through working at City firms.

Clients include small owner managed businesses and large public companies in both the public and private sectors, such as Care UK PLC and the University of Essex. Examples of the type of joint venture work we have been involved in ranges from a Shareholders Agreement for a start-up business that is jointly-owned to a joint venture between a large national construction company and a Dutch construction company. We also deal with Shareholders Agreements required as part of a partial buy-out of a company or as a result of a management buy-out.

Recent transactions include the multi-million pound buy-out of an international joint venture arrangement by one of the 50% shareholders.

Unfortunately when it comes to contracts involving shareholders too often we come across the situation where clients have not entered into a properly drafted Shareholders Agreement. Disputes tend to be verry acrimonious, despite our best efforts to try and settle the dispute, and can cost the shareholders considerable sums of money to resolve. Much of this acrimony could be avoided with a properly drafted Shareholders Agreement. Although we have the experience and knowledge to deal with shareholder disputes please help us to help you by contacting us early on to avoid yourself unnecessary expense.

We also have acknowledged expertise in advising contractors in relation to schemes under the Government's Private Finance Initiatives scheme.