Private Equity

The Square One Law corporate team has extensive experience advising companies and management teams in relation to both equity and debt investments from a variety of private equity and venture capital houses, as well as syndicates of high net-worth individuals.

Deal terms that will be important to you typically include:

• Management good leaver / bad leaver compulsory transfer provisions
• Order of priority on a transfer of management’s shares
• Entitlement to future allotment of shares
• Drag along rights / tag along rights
• Investor swamping rights
• Investor consent rights
• Restrictive covenants on management
• Warranties provided to the investor
• Provision of information to investor
• Management dividends
• Management permitted transfers outside of pre-emption provisions
• Management options and ratchets
• Management return on investment where sale or listing
• Management return on a liquidation event

We will guide you through the complexities of the drafting and seek to negotiate a reasonable and balanced position on your behalf.