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Corporate Law
Corporate law governs the relationships between shareholders, management and the company itself, from incorporation through to dissolution.
Incorporation and structural transactions
Choosing the company type, drafting the articles of association and completing trade registry formalities are the core of the incorporation stage. The provisions written into the articles determine, in advance, most future shareholder disputes.
Conversions, mergers and demergers, together with capital increases and reductions, fall within this area.
General assembly and management
Whether the general assembly convenes and resolves in the proper form determines the validity of its decisions. Where procedure is breached, annulment of the resolutions may be sought.
The liability of board members towards the company, the shareholders and creditors forms a distinct category of action.
Shareholder disputes
Share transfers, withdrawal and expulsion of shareholders, the exercise of minority rights and dissolution for just cause are considered here.
In disputes between shareholders, contractual routes to resolution frequently produce results faster than litigation.