Corporate Law
Lawai supports business operations
– The tasks performed by business lawyers are important and diverse. We help business leaders understand their rights, operate efficiently, and avoid foreseeable legal problems. Our business lawyers help your business to build a solid foundation, develop over the long term in a calm legal environment, and be protected from legal disputes, which can lead to major losses or even bankruptcy due to some details.
Whether you run a large or small company, you sometimes need legal help and advice. At Lawai, we have many years of experience in matters relating to corporate law. We draw up and review agreements, participate in contract negotiations, negotiate and carry out the purchase and sale of companies. We also assist in disputes in court.
1) What We Are Expert At
Company Law
The field of company law encompasses all laws relating to how to start, buy, manage and close or sell any type of business entity.
Shareholder Agreement
A shareholder agreement is an agreement between the shareholders of a limited liability company. In the agreement, the shareholders decide together on, for example, how the company's profits should be distributed, how a shareholder should proceed to sell their shares in the company and perhaps a ban on running competing businesses in the meantime.
Share Transfer Agreement
What should you think about when transferring shares? It is important that both parties are aware of the terms and conditions governing the transfer and it is therefore important that you draw up a written document governing the transfer.
Articles of Association
The shareholders decide what should be included in the articles of association, which the company's board of directors should comply with. It is a public document that is registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office in connection with the notification of the limited liability company for registration.
Asset transfer agreement
Asset transfer means that someone transfers or acquires the assets of a company in order to transfer it to a new company or to another existing company. The assets include, among other things, machinery and equipment used in the business, various trademarks or patent rights may also be included. In a transfer of assets, the entire company with its obligations and agreements is not taken over.
Policy document
A policy document can be drawn up to create a framework for the guidelines that will apply to the company regarding a certain specific area. It can have several different purposes. It can concern IT issues, personal data issues, work environment, rehabilitation, crisis management, drugs and alcohol, etc.
Board minutes
Companies are required to keep minutes of board meetings when the board meets. The purpose of creating minutes is to be able to return to the minutes and see what was concluded during a previous board meeting.
2) What We Are Expert At
Agreements and advice for companies
Regardless of whether you run a large or small company, you sometimes need legal help and advice. At Lawai, we have many years of experience in matters relating to corporate law. We draw up and review agreements, participate in contract negotiations, negotiate and carry out the purchase and sale of companies. We also assist in disputes in court.
Union issues and negotiations
When you, as an employer, wish to change something in your operations, you may need to negotiate with trade unions.
Handling dismissals and dismissals
What is the difference between dismissal and dismissal? If you, as an employer, want to dismiss an employee, it is important that you are aware of the labor law regulations and understand your obligations as an employer.
Personal and work environment matters
Questions regarding the work environment in the workplace are often difficult, complex and complicated. It is a comprehensive set of regulations that can be perceived as difficult to overview.
Establish employment contracts or CEO agreements
It is always important to ensure that the legal provisions that regulate the relationship between employer and employee are maintained. We will help you draw up a valid employment contract and ensure that you do not miss anything.
Advice and Resolving disputes
When you operate in the business field, you will almost inevitably encounter disputes that require legal assistance. Our business law firm can provide you with comprehensive advice, no matter what type of disagreement you are facing.
3) What We Are Expert At
Contract law
The firm has extensive experience in providing legal advice to customers in various industries, and can provide commercial and innovative solutions to customers.
Employment agreement
A contract regulates the relationship between an independent contractor, for example a consultant, and a client. The agreement regulates what the assignment covers in terms of type of work, what conditions apply regarding the relationship between the parties, provisions on compensation to be paid.
Confidentiality agreement
The Trade Secrets Protection Act provides companies with protection for confidential information. However, the protection that follows from that law is in many respects not sufficient, which is why it is important in most cases to establish a confidentiality agreement, a so-called non-disclosure agreement (NDA) or confidential disclosure agreement (CDA).
General terms and conditions
Establishing general terms and conditions can make it easier and avoid having a multitude of different agreements with different customers and streamline your business.
Consulting agreement
It is important to achieve good cooperation when entering into a consulting assignment. The agreement prevents unexpected conflicts from arising and gives the parties a framework for what the assignment is intended to cover. Should disputes arise between the parties, you can then fall back on the consulting agreement drawn up between the parties.
Privacy policy
All companies should have a privacy policy. A privacy policy is a document with information about how a business collects and processes personal data for both customers and employees.
Letter of intent
In contract negotiations regarding, among other things, corporate acquisitions, it is common for the parties to draw up a so-called "letter of intent" (LOI) - a declaration of intent - between each other.
Personal data processing agreement
The person responsible for handling personal data is either the personal data controller or the personal data processor. In order to guarantee that full control is exercised over the personal data, in some cases a personal data processing agreement is required.
Cooperation agreement
A cooperation agreement is a collective term for agreements that regulate a relationship when two or more parties cooperate with each other and set up specific guidelines that regulate the cooperation.