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Knowledge Base
Setting Up a Company and Shareholders'
Agreements - Summary



  • Discusses the merits of incorporation, as opposed to operating as a sole trader or partnership.
  • Looks at alternative structures, such as companies limited by guarantee and single shareholder companies, and discusses their implications.
  • Looks at the formalities and procedure for setting up a company, whether the method be incorporation from scratch, or the conversion of an existing business or partnership, and examines the tax implications in brief.
  • Discusses the documentation required, including the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Shareholders' Agreements.
  • Examines the immediate obligations and practicalities.
  • Discusses the requirements relating to internal books and records.
  • Discusses in brief recent changes to the law.
     
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