Shareholder dispute solicitors
Get expert advice on resolving shareholder disputes
Our diverse and experienced team advise clients across all sectors in all forms of shareholder and corporate and boardroom disputes and regularly act for minority and majority shareholders and directors.
We understand that disputes are not good for business and so we work with clients to resolve matters in a commercial, efficient and cost-effective manner, helping our clients to achieve their desired outcomes whether that be by negotiation, ADR, civil proceedings, arbitration or expert determination.
We manage this by providing quality, clear legal and strategic advice and by utilising innovation to ensure that things are managed effectively and to a high standard.
Our shareholder dispute solicitors have expertise in bringing and defending unfair prejudice petitions, breach of warranty claims, claims against directors and claims for earn out payments or deferred consideration. For example, shareholders may present a petition to the Court if they have been excluded from the day to day running of the business or have not been provided with the information they are entitled to, or if there is an allegation of mis-management or a dilution of a shareholding.
Key shareholder dispute cases
- Advising a client in respect of unfair oppression of the minority shareholder and issues in relation to deferred consideration payable under an earn-out following the sale of the company.
- Advising a client regarding their majority shareholding in an international supply company, where there were concerns over the actions of the managing director/minority shareholder and alleged breach of fiduciary duties.
- Advising on an unfair prejudice petition issued by a minority shareholder whose shares had been significantly diluted by the majority shareholder, following our client’s sale of the majority shares in the business.
- Acted for a director and shareholder in relation to a dispute with regards the payment of deferred consideration following the sale of a business in respect of the interpretation and construction of the terms of the earn out in the sale and purchase agreement and related corporate documents.
- Acted for the claimant in 116 Cardamon Limited v McAllister [2019] EWHC 1200 (Com) (link) where (after proceedings were served in Western Australia via WhatsApp) the maximum damages allowable under an SPA were ordered to be paid after it was established that the Defendant had breached the warranties it had given to the claimant.
Our shareholder dispute solicitors
