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Business Formation
Create. Structure. Grow.
Starting a business begins with structuring choices
Starting a business means turning an idea into a project, and a project into a going concern. From the very first steps, decisions on legal structure, the allocation of share capital, governance and contractual commitments can have lasting consequences.
GAUTELIER AVOCATS helps founders and buyers of businesses define their legal framework, laying foundations that match their ambitions, their business model and their growth prospects.
Convinced that entrepreneurship is a key driver of local economic vitality, the firm is involved in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and in initiatives that help new ventures emerge and grow. The aim is simple: to make legal issues more accessible at the moment founding decisions are made, without compromising on rigorous analysis.
Business Formation
Our services
- Choice of corporate form
- Drafting articles of association
- Governance arrangements
- Shareholders’ agreements
- Protecting relations between founders
- First commercial contracts
- Terms and conditions
- Structuring business takeovers
- Anticipating legal risks
Your challenges
Which corporate form should you choose?
We compare the possible structures in light of your project, your co-founders and your growth prospects.
Are you starting up with partners?
We set out the governance and the relationship between founders in the articles and a shareholders’ agreement.
Are you taking over an existing business?
We structure the takeover and anticipate the legal risks.
Preparing for your meeting
For an effective first meeting, please gather where possible:
- Project outline
- Financial forecast
- Details of prospective partners
- Draft contracts
- Priority questions