Your founder journey
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- Exit planning, including personal tax advice
- Protection of exit proceeds and estate structuring
- Legacy planning - setting up a family office or foundation
- Advising founder personally on M&A terms
- Using sale proceeds: acquiring real estate, equity investments into new companies, philanthropic interests
- Protecting founder equity, including vesting
- Estate planning - what happens to equity on death?
- Founder employment terms
- Co-founder agreement terms
- Personal loans to or investment in the company
- Protecting founder ideas
- Building the team
Business maturity, your exit and next steps
Launching your idea and startup
Expansion and major commercial decisions
- Protecting founder rights in investment documents
- Equity incentive planning
- Planning ahead for a liquidity event, whether partial or full exit
- Meeting investor expectations
- Employee incentives and remuneration
- Family tax planning
- Making a will
Growing and funding your business
- Dealing with potential disputes with co-founders or investors
- Founder settlement agreement advice
- Compensation packages
- Directors’ duties and obligations as a shareholder vs a director
- International growth
- Immigration advice if expansion requires relocation