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 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…
Corporate Deadlock: When and How to Seek Judicial Dissolution — Conditions, Procedure and Practice Shareholders go from "rowing the same boat" to "fighting in the same room"; the company's decision-making…
