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NVCA Revises Model Forms Post-Moelis Ruling

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The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) is the self-designated flagship trade association of the venture capital (VC) industry. Its primary mission includes promoting consistency and efficiency in VC financing...more

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Establishing a Business Entity in Germany (Updated)

Anyone can establish a business in Germany - irrespective of citizenship, nationality, or place of residence. There is no specific investment legislation for foreign entrepreneurs. Any entrepreneur can make his choice from...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in France (Updated)

1. Types of Business Entities - • Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business - Business may be conducted in France either through a French branch of a foreign...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Brazil (Updated)

The two most common forms of legal entities incorporated in Brazil are the limited liability company (“Limitada”) and the corporation (“S.A.”). These are considered the most attractive types of companies given that they ...more

Epstein Becker & Green

What to Do When Your Distribution Checks Stop Arriving

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For months, if not years, you received distribution checks from the business in which you own an interest. The funds came without question and like clockwork. You relied on them. Then suddenly, they stopped coming. Is this...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Common Provisions in Venture Capital Term Sheets: Dividends

This article is one in a series of articles explaining various terms commonly seen in term sheets issued by venture capital funds. We give example language based on the commonly referenced National Venture Capital Association...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Pre-Consolidation Conversions in the Accounting World – Tax Considerations

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Another Change- Last week BDO confirmed that it was going to convert from an entity organized as a limited liability partnership under state law to one organized as a corporation. With that, BDO became the latest in a...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In Lithuania (Updated)

1. Types of Business Entities - Investors may choose from the following types of business entities: • Private limited liability company • Public limited liability company • Individual enterprise • Limited...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

When Do Disguised Dividends Add Up to Minority Shareholder Oppression?

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De facto dividend. Disguised dividend. Constructive dividend. They all refer to the same thing: monies in excess of reasonable compensation taken by owners of closely held companies, booked as deductible employment...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In Israel (Updated)

While there are a few different forms of “corporate” entities in Israel, this guide will focus on companies and partnerships as these are the entities that the non-Israeli businessman is most likely to set up or invest in if...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Germany (Updated)

Anyone can establish a business in Germany - irrespective of citizenship, nationality, or place of residence. There is no specific investment legislation for foreign entrepreneurs. Any entrepreneur can make his choice from...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in France (Updated)

1. Types of Business Entities - • Description of the types of entities available in each jurisdiction through which to conduct business - Business may be conducted in France either through a French branch of a foreign...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In Brazil (Updated)

The two most common forms of legal entities incorporated in Brazil are the limited liability company (“Limitada”) and the corporation (“S.A.”). These are considered the most attractive types of companies given that they are...more

Goodwin

BTI v. Sequana - What’s new for directors in the zone of insolvency?

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In BTI 2014 LLC v. Sequana SA and Others [2022] UKSC 25 (“Sequana”), the Supreme Court confirmed the existence of a duty owed at common law by company directors to consider the interests of its creditors, and also provided...more

Locke Lord LLP

Recent Delaware and Other Decisions Relevant to the MBCA

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This article describes two recent Delaware decisions relevant to the Model Business Corporation Act (the “MBCA”). One of those decisions relates to a board’s determination of the availability of surplus to support...more

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En Colombia Consejo de Estado precisa tratamiento tributario de dividendos para régimen SIMPLE

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Proferida dentro del expediente #26084 en sentencia de 10 de noviembre de 2022, al analizar la legalidad del artículo 3 del Decreto 1457 del 12 de noviembre de 2020, que regula el tratamiento de los dividendos y...more

Venable LLP

UK Supreme Court Issues Long-Awaited Judgment Regarding Company Directors' Duties to Creditors

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​​​​​​​In an important decision for U.S. companies with UK subsidiaries, the UK Supreme Court recently handed down its long-awaited judgment in BTI 2014 LLC v. Sequana S.A., the first case in which the UK's highest court...more

Goodwin

Do Directors Have a Duty to Consider the Interests of Creditors Prior to Insolvency?

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On 5 October 2022, the English Supreme Court handed down its decision in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and others. This (as described by Lady Justice Arden) “momentous” decision principally concerns whether directors are under...more

Dechert LLP

Sequana: “Momentous” Judgment by Supreme Court on the Creditor Duty

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The Supreme Court has ruled, for the first time, on the existence, specific content and engagement of the so-called “creditor duty” or the “rule in West Mercia”. In doing so, it unanimously dismissed BTI’s appeal. ...more

Morris James LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Explains Appraisal Rights and Finds Disclosure Violation Relating to Pre-Closing Dividend Contingent on a...

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In re GGP, Inc. Stockholder Litig., C.A. No. 2018-0267 (Del. July 19, 2022) - Here, the defendants organized a merger so that a large majority of the total value of the merger would be granted as a pre-closing dividend to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Se declaran nulos Oficios DIAN sobre capitalización de utilidades en Colombia

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Por sentencia de 14 de julio de 2022 (expediente #25031), el Consejo de Estado de Colombia finalmente zanjo la discusión existente acerca si la distribución de utilidades en acciones o cuotas de interés social generaba o no...more

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ICA sobre dividendos en Colombia

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La Sección Cuarta del Consejo de Estado de Colombia, en Sentencia de Unificación Jurisprudencial proferida el 02 de diciembre de 2021 y radicado 23424, concluyó que el elemento determinante para establecer si los dividendos o...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Unreasonable Compensation As Constructive Dividend, Redux

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An often-explored theme of this blog is the frequency with which similarly situated owners of similarly situated closely held business, facing a similar set of economic circumstances, and presented with a similar set of...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing A Business Entity In Turkey (Updated)

A. Types of Business Entities - 1. Description of The Types of Entities - Pursuant to Turkish Foreign Direct Investment Law, foreign investors are free to make foreign direct investments in Turkey and shall be subject...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Constructive Dividends and The Closely Held C Corporation

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Withdrawing Value- Any tax adviser who has represented closely held businesses and their owners long enough realizes there are certain recurring themes that transcend the otherwise unique characteristics of the industry of...more

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