Joint Ventures and Shareholders’ Agreements

Product Description Baffled by joint venture and shareholder agreements?Guidance on the new PSC Register is just one of the things that small businesses need to understand. Helping you to identify the central issues involved in joint venture transactions, take effective instructions and draft good documentation using precedents, case studies and checklists. Now covers: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (including the official guidance on new register of Persons of Significant Control (PSC Register) Latest tax rates and changes (including corporation and capital gains tax 2017/18 and entrepreneurs' relief) EU merger law changes (including the mergers simplification package and UK merger law changes) Key content includes:Preliminary considerations A discussion of the nature of joint ventures and shareholders' agreements Financing the venture Tax and accounting considerations for UK corporate joint ventures Regulatory matters Employment and pension issues Key issues in structuring and drafting UK corporate joint venture documentation and shareholders' agreements Deadlock and minority protection Voting rights and board representation Restrictive covenants Joint ventures and shareholders' agreements in practice Articles of association Transfers of assets EU and UK Competition law including Brexit issues Review “This is a really good book...it is extremely interesting” ―Corporate Briefing - April 2014 (Review of 4th edition)“This book is of great value for all those who seek quick, easy-to-use advice on joint ventures and shareholder's agreements” ―German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce (Review of 4th Edition) About the Author Susan Singleton, Solicitor, runs Singletons (singlelaw.com), one of the best known specialist commercial, competition and IT/IP solicitors firms in the UK. With clients ranging from major PLCs and institutions to small start-up businesses, Susan is heavily involved with both the corporate and IP/competition law aspects of joint ventures in the UK and abroad.