Business Structures and Re-structures
Ketsa Coleman works with large and small businesses on how they set up, and how they change their structures, investors and stakeholders over time.
Starting an Australian company is not hard and should not be expensive. We use standard form, low-cost setup documents to begin with – constitution, consents, share subscription, resolutions and registration. Often a founders agreement or shareholders agreement is advisable to set expectations and rewards from day one, and cater for existing and incoming investment. If intellectual property is involved, IP ownership and licensing are core.
Documents your business is likely to need range from terms for staff, customers, contractors and suppliers, to debt finance and securitisation, website and privacy terms to more complex contracts for IP licensing, referrals, distribution, partnering, and so on.
Capital raising is part of most start-up journeys and takes a range of forms. We can do your term sheet, information memorandum, share subscription or future equity agreement, convertible note deed, fixed trust deed and associated documents, together with advice on deal structure, tax and compliance along the way.
Businesses have ups and downs, and many go through re-financing. We do not typically do insolvency work, but we act for clients buying assets or companies out of distressed situations, and their financiers or investors.
Last but not least, we act for sellers and buyers of businesses via share or asset sales, whether a merger, full or part acquisition or via debt financing.