By Guillaume SCHAEFER, Counsel Valentin GARCIA, Associate, DLA Piper Luxembourg
“To govern is to foresee; and to foresee nothing is to run to one’s ruin.”(1)
This adage is well understood by various players in the business world, and it is particularly appropriate when it comes to shareholders’ agreements.
Shareholders’ agreements are widely used and essential tools for organising and defining the terms of association within a company. They afford shareholders genuine freedom and flexibility, offering a wide range of applications. They notably determine shareholders’ financial and political rights, the conditions under which they can leave the company, and the governance structure of the company...
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