What is included
- Analysis of the articles, shareholders' agreements and minutes
- Challenging resolutions or bringing a liability claim
- Negotiating an exit or a sale of the shareholding
Disputes between shareholders and with directors
Challenges to shareholder resolutions, director liability claims, withdrawal rights and disputes between shareholders.
Corporate and commercial disputes
What is included and what is not promised
An unresolved corporate dispute paralyses the company: accounts are not approved, dividends are not paid and nothing can be sold. The expensive part is rarely the case; it is the time the company spends blocked.
What it includes: analysis of the articles, shareholders' agreements and minutes; challenging resolutions or bringing a liability claim; negotiating an exit or a sale of the shareholding. What it does not include: it does not include an independent expert valuation of the company, quoted separately.
Documents you will need
- Deed of incorporation and current articles.
- Minutes of the relevant meetings and the shareholders' register.
- Shareholders' agreements if any.
Indicative timing
We answer your enquiry within 1 working day and send the written quote within 2 working days.
Once your documents are complete, we prepare the file between 7 and 20 working days.
Challenges carry short strict deadlines; the proceedings themselves are usually measured in more than a year.
See the pricing page for how we charge this kind of matter.
How it works
Estimated duration: 20 days.
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Merits and deadlines
We analyse the by-laws, the shareholder agreements and the minutes and tell you which action is available: challenge, liability claim or negotiated exit.
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Professional and quote
We ask for the deed, the by-laws, the shareholder agreements and the meeting minutes. Commercial lawyer assigned; price in writing.
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Pleadings and evidence
We prepare the challenge to the resolution or the liability action, or open the negotiation for the sale of the shares.
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Hearing and judgment
We stay with you until the judgment or the exit agreement and explain what it means for the company.
What to have at hand
- Deed of incorporation and current articles
- Minutes of the relevant meetings and the shareholders' register
- Shareholders' agreements if any
Frequently asked questions
I am a minority shareholder and get no information.
The right to information is enforceable and breaching it can invalidate resolutions. We claim it formally first.
Can I exit the company?
In certain cases there is a right of withdrawal. We check against the articles and the accounts.
A director has caused loss.
A corporate or an individual liability claim is possible. They are different and we explain which fits.
Related services
People who come for “Corporate and commercial disputes” often need one of these Court proceedings procedures too. If your case mixes several, it goes in a single file with a single quote.
Your case
Tell us about the matter, the jurisdiction and any date or summons received.
Request a quote
Tell us about your case and which documents you already have. We tell you what fits, what is missing and what it costs.