Setting up a GmbH (FlexCo)
Articles of Association, Shareholders’ Agreement and Employee Share Ownership – Dos and Don’ts
For every founder, the product or service takes centre stage, particularly during the start-up phase. In doing so, something quite essential is often overlooked: the necessary (contractual) arrangements between the founders and the company itself. This is important not only for the founders, but also for (future) investors.
Key employees also need to be incentivised and motivated. Customisable employee share schemes can help with this
Contents of this workshop
1
The Limited Liability Company
General information / Overview
2
The founding process
Documentation | Useful information
3
Articles of Association vs Shareholders’ Agreement
Differences / Similarities
4
Articles of Association
Minimum and optional content, special provisions
5
Shareholders’ Agreement
Possible provisions including practical examples
6
FlexCo
Overview – Special features
7
Forms of employee participation
Pros & Cons | Structures (including FlexCo company value shares)
Speaker
Registration is possible until 3 pm on the day before the workshop. Please cancel your registration in good time if you are unable to attend in order to enable other founders to participate. For online workshops, you will receive the Link on the morning of the event.
This online meeting will be conducted using Microsoft Teams. Personal data (e.g. name, email address, audio/video data, chat contributions and technical metadata) will be processed during the meeting. The meeting will only be recorded if participants are informed in advance. Participation is voluntary; cameras and microphones can be deactivated at any time. Further information on data protection and your rights can be found at: Data protection declaration of the Vienna Business Agency. A fund of the City of Vienna.: https://viennabusinessagency.at/data-protection/ Data protection information from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement Microsoft Privacy Statement – Microsoft privacy Data protection information on data collection in Microsoft Teams: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/data-collection-teams
The Smart Founders project is co-financed by the IBW/EFRE & JTF programme.
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