Most company disputes are not caused by bad faith — they are caused by good faith and no agreement. Partners who never wrote down what happens when one wants to sell, when more money is needed, or when they simply disagree, end up discovering the answer in a courtroom. A well-built shareholder agreement answers those questions in advance, while everyone is still friends.
Ownership and any classes of shares; who controls what — board composition, reserved matters, deadlock resolution; how profits are distributed; how new capital is raised and what happens to those who cannot follow; transfers and exits — pre-emption rights, tag-along and drag-along, valuation on departure; what founders and partners must and must not do — commitments, non-compete, confidentiality; and how disputes are resolved. The agreement must also work with the company’s memorandum and articles under UAE law, not against them — a technical point that generic templates routinely get wrong.
We draft shareholder and partnership agreements tailored to your venture; align them with the constitutional documents so both are enforceable; negotiate between founders or investor and founder; review and repair existing agreements before a problem crystallises; and advise shareholders in dispute on what their documents actually give them.
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