Law Theme

Law Theme 5 - Corporate Law


By: Dr. Nabil Chaiban


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Across

  1. A statutory claim which can be made by any or all of the minority shareholders when a majority shareholder’s actions and/or decisions are negatively impacting the minority shareholder(s), without minority shareholder consent.
  2. The sale of shares in the company, where the purchasing party acquires the entirety of the company.
  3. A tax that must be paid upon the purchase of shares.
  4. A set of terms found in a shareholders’ agreement, which enable the minority shareholder(s) to join in with the majority shareholder selling their shares to a third party.
  5. An attempt to amicably resolve a dispute with the involvement of an independent third party.
  6. An agreement commonly used in the negotiation stages of selling, merging, or a joint venture to ensure that both parties’ intellectual property and business practices remain protected.

Down

  1. Legally binding promises that one party gives to another in a contract.
  2. Written agreement between partners setting out how they must interact, and how the partnership will operate.
  3. A document produced upon initial registration of the company, and sets out the regulations and rules for operation of the company as agreed by the shareholders.
  4. A legal statement by the initial shareholders that they wish to incorporate the company, and setting out the aims, objectives, and permissions for external dealings of the company.
  5. A certificate issued upon the initial granting of shares to an individual or entity who has obtained the shares.
  6. Any individual or entity holding shares that equate to less than 50% of the shares in a company.
  7. A legal entity set up for a specific and limited purpose, such as the purchase of shares in a company, or a joint venture.
  8. A company whose shares are owned solely by another company, rather than an individual or group of shareholders.
  9. if a director or shareholder is unable to attend a meeting, they may send someone in their place in order to express their views or action their vote. The individual must only represent the director or shareholder’s views, not their own.
  10. a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution which produces a binding resolution upon the parties.
  11. A party will have priority to purchase something, often shares in a company, before the item is offered on the open market or to a third party.
  12. The payments made to shareholders of a company out of the profits of the company, the frequency and percentage of which is determined by individual companies via a dividend policy.