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Contract Risk Matrix

Pick a contract type and see the seven clauses most likely to shift risk onto you — risk and remedy for each.

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Shareholder Agreement Traps

Five clauses that derail growing companies when co-owners fall out — and how to draft around them.

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Growth Compliance by Stage

What to lock down at each stage — startup, scaling and mature — so legal keeps pace with growth.

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Tool · Shareholder agreements

Five traps that derail growing companies.

Most shareholder disputes trace back to a handful of clauses no one negotiated while everyone still got along. Expand each for the risk and a pragmatic fix.

The deadlock dilemma

The risk

Two 50/50 owners disagree, and the company freezes — no decisions, no way out.

Pragmatic solution

Agree a deadlock mechanism up front — a casting vote, expert determination, or a buy/sell "shotgun" clause — before tensions ever hit.

Ambiguous valuation metrics

The risk

When someone exits, you can't agree what their shares are worth — and it ends in a costly fight.

Pragmatic solution

Fix the valuation method in advance — independent valuer, agreed formula or an earnings multiple — and how it's triggered.

Drag-along rights omission

The risk

A minority shareholder blocks a sale of the whole company that the majority wants to do.

Pragmatic solution

Drag-along rights let the majority compel a minority to sell on the same terms — paired with tag-along protection for the minority.

The 'bad leaver' ambiguity

The risk

A departing founder keeps full-value shares despite leaving early or in breach.

Pragmatic solution

Define good vs bad leaver, with vesting over time and differential buyback pricing depending on how someone leaves.

The third-party intrusion

The risk

Shares pass to an ex-spouse, a creditor or a competitor, with no controls on who ends up owning a slice of your company.

Pragmatic solution

Pre-emptive rights and transfer restrictions, so shares must be offered to existing holders first before they can go anywhere else.

Tool · Growth compliance

What to lock down at each stage.

Legal that fits the stage you're in. Pick yours.

Startup · Years 1–3

Get the foundations right before they're expensive to fix.

Articles & field notes for WA business owners.

Plain-English thinking on contracts, structuring and growth, from the desk of Sakhawat Kabir.

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