Term Sheets in Mergers and Acquisitions

Introduction  On 21 September 2023 I wrote an article titled “Term sheets in commercial transactions”. It was an introductory article in which I explained what a term sheet is. I

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Loan Finance Versus Joint Venture

Many times, businesspeople without adequate funding seek loans from financial institutions, friends or relatives.

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Public Companies Formalities During and After Formation. 

Introduction  Last week on 3 August 2023, I wrote an article titled “Private company pre and post formation formalities”. I received positive feedback from any readers. Some asked me to

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Private Company Pre and Post Formation Formalities

In addition to the Companies and Other Business Entities Act (Chapter 24:31), (“the COBE Act” or “the Act”) one needs to be familiar with the Statutory Instrument 46 of 2020 on Companies and Other Business Entities  (Pre – Formation and Post – Formation Formalities) Regulations, 2020 (“the regulations”) to understand pre-formation steps and post- formation formalities for private companies. This is quite important in business. 

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Arbitration On Valuation of Company Shares 

Introduction  I have written many articles on the valuation of companies and shares in the past. In this article I look at commercial disputes involving or requiring the valuation of

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Inspection And Use of Copy Company Documents 

Introduction  This article covers the following areas which are provided by for the Companies and Other Business Entities Act (Chapter 24:31), the “COBE Act” or “Act” of 2020 which repealed

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Affected Persons in Corporate Rescue Proceedings

According to the Act corporate rescue proceedings are meant to facilitate the rehabilitation of a company that is financially distressed. This will benefit affected persons who include the company’s creditors. 

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Capital Gains Tax on Business Acquisitions 

Introduction  On 16 February 2023 I wrote an article titled “Understanding capital gains tax”. I explained capital gains tax (“CGT”) in general. In the current article I look at CGT

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Agenda For Shareholder Meetings 

Introduction  I have previously written articles on shareholder meetings covering both Annual General Meetings (AGMs) and Extraordinary General Meetings (EGMs). In my article of 20 January 2023 titled “Agenda for

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Protection Given to Companies Under Corporate Rescue Proceedings 

Introduction  I have written many articles on corporate rescue proceedings before. I have explained that corporate rescue is also known by other terms such as business rescue, judicial management, corporate

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