Insights
Notes from the file.
Short pieces on the questions clients bring us most often. Written by the partner who answers them, and kept up to date.
Latest notes
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Five clauses founders regret leaving out of a shareholder agreement
Most shareholder agreements are signed in a hurry, at the happiest moment of a company's life. These are the clauses we see missing when the mood changes.
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Trialling a four-day week without rewriting every contract
More employers want to try a shorter week. The trial is the easy part. The contract changes, if you get them wrong, are not.
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Break clauses: the small print that decides whether you can leave
A break clause looks like freedom. In practice it is a list of conditions, and missing one of them by a day can keep you in the building for years.
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Helena Ashby, Managing partner
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