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The Use of Holding Companies

In The Law for Founders, we explored the risks related to ensuring that your corporation is actually a separate legal entity from you, as the shareholder. Those same risks apply whether you hold ownership of your company individually, or via another ‘holding company’...

Convertible Loans

Before we get into private equity investments, it is important to be aware of convertible debt. A convertible loan, also known as a convertible note, is a short-term debt instrument often used in the early stages of a start-up’s life cycle. It is a loan from an...