Practical articles on shareholder rights, equity financing and corporate law by Attorney Kevin Jun Lin — written for founders and investors, in plain language. Browse the latest below.
This article centers on the conflict proposition of "whether, when dividing equity in divorce, the other shareholders’ right of first refusal bars the spouse from becoming a shareholder." Combining the…
This article takes the practical lever of "how to design the equity-inheritance clause in a company's articles of association" for equity succession. Combining the company-autonomy theory under the Company Law,…
Part 6 (Prevention) | What Will and What Insurance Should a Founding Shareholder's Equity Be Paired With? Three Wealth Transfer Tools for Family Succession This article addresses the core question…
Part 5 (Options) | Unvested Options and Restricted Stock in Divorce: To Divide or Not to Divide? This article addresses the cutting-edge dispute over whether unvested options and restricted stock…
This article addresses the dispute over whether a spouse may claim a share of equity that one party holds as a nominee for another during the marriage, and examines the…
Why Startups Need a Legal Partner: Full-Cycle Protection from Equity Design to Compliance Many entrepreneurs regard a lawyer as someone they only think of "when things go wrong"—rushing to find…
This article focuses on the high-frequency dispute of "the actual investor's remedies after the death of the nominee shareholder," and, drawing on the legal validity of the nominee agreement, the…
This article addresses the high-frequency trap of "why a property agreement signed by spouses during marriage is held invalid or voidable by the court at divorce," and, drawing on Article…
When Shareholders Strip Out Capital: Who Pays the Company's Debts? The Test for Capital Withdrawal and Legal Liability After the company is incorporated, shareholders take back, under various pretexts, the…
