Preparing Shareholder Agreements Workshop
Elevate your ability to navigate the key issues that determine whether a shareholder agreement is unassailable or fraught with risk. Master how to effectively deal with governance, disputes, entry & exit strategies & more. Minimise potential tax risks & consequences. Gain drafting techniques to expertly handle valuation. Led by leading expert John Graves working in concert with a focused panel of experts, this intensive workshop delivers the legal and commercial strategies you need. 223N54
Description
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Amanda Comelli, Partner, Brown Wright Stein Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Business Law and member, Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee for Business Law
9.00am to 11.00am Shareholder Agreements: Preparing Agreements, Entry and Exit Strategies
- Preparation of Shareholder Agreements in Practice
- Drafting shareholder agreements
- Governance, control and finance in shareholder agreements
- Negotiating shareholder agreements with respect to resolution of conflicts that arise
- Shareholder Entry and Exit Strategies
- Non-compete, confidentiality and restraint
- Managing the process by drafting and other methods
- Strategies to minimise difficulties
- Precedent clauses: Which ones work and why?
Presented by John Graves, Principal; Accredited Specialist in Business Law & Property Law and Chairman of the Examination Committee for Business Law Specialist Accreditation, and Sarah Toomey Westcott, Senior Associate, Bradfield & Scott Lawyers
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm Tax Issues and Shareholder Agreements: A Practical Workshop
- CGT events: when they occur and how you have to plan for them
- Income tax: practical issues to consider when drafting a shareholder agreement
- GST issues: key considerations in business succession and shareholder agreements
- Entry and exit strategies: taking into account stamp duty issues
- Examples of good and bad shareholder agreement drafting with respect to tax issues
Presented by Nathan Boss, Senior Associate, Munro Lawyers
12.15pm to 1.15pm Valuation Issues for Drafting into Shareholder Agreements
Examine particular drafting issues for incorporation into shareholder agreements to minimise risk.
Presented by Wayne Lockhart, Principal, LOCKHART Business Advisors
Real World Case Study: Lessons from the Coalface
Wayne, John and Sarah will workshop actual cases that they have been involved in to demonstrate some of the valuation pitfalls that can be avoided by having an effective shareholder agreement.
Venue
Cliftons - Spring Street
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia
Parking Information
Parking not included in you registration. Here are some options below.
Secure Park 20 Bond Street - click here for rates
Wilson Park 1 O'Connell Street - click here for rates
Wilson Park 31 Bond Street - click here for rates
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - Wynyard 400m OR Martin Place 500m
Bus Interchange - Clarence Street 450m
Ferry - Circular Quay 1.2km