Building a high growth entrepreneurial venture? Got your Board of Directors in place? Today's article tackles the burning question: When to form your board of directors, and what are their key responsibilities?

When a shareholder dies, their shares are dealt with by the executors of their estate (if there is a will) or by the administrators under the Intestacy Rules (if there is no valid will). Both the executors and administrators are known as ‘personal representatives’ (PRs). Partner and Head of Private Client James McMullan of West End Law Firm RIAA Barker Gillette, looks at what happens to a shareholder's shares when they die.

What happens when a business owner’s mental health takes a downturn? Who can assist with business decisions in their absence? In today’s article our strategic partner RIAA Barker Gillette UK’s Partner & Head of Private Client, James McMullan looks at how business owners can protect their business interests, should they lose mental capacity.

Our strategic partner Seedling have built a climate action platform designed for startups and SMEs to measure, reduce and offset emissions credibly in a way that’s accessible and low-burden for growing teams. Check our latest article to become a Carbon Neutral business.

A management buyout (an MBO) can be a big decision for everyone involved and the structure of an MBO is likely to be very complex. This article sheds some light on MBOs and what you need to consider before committing to such a transaction.

Due diligence helps investors and companies understand the nature of a deal, the risks involved, and whether the deal fits with their portfolio. Our Corporate & Commercial Law Solicitor, Arvin Bissessur will be covering why due diligence is important in mergers and acquisitions process in today’s newsletter.

In this week’s newsletter Dragon Argent are sharing quick-fire answers to some of the most common questions we receive from business owners when they begin to plan an exit from their company. Typically, these transactions fall into the category of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and for someone exiting a business, specifically sell side M&A. Our Head of Corporate & Commercial Law, Freddie-Nicole Brace provides the answers.

In this week’s newsletter, Dragon Argent corporate lawyers provide advice on how to legally protect your startup business from co-founder disputes or managing the exit of a founder.

Dragon Argent would like to invite you to attend an online workshop for founders and management teams on "How to Build Enterprise Value".

In our first newsletter of the year, we're going to take a look at how a company can carry out a valuation for the first time. There are a number of reasons why a founder might want to do this, but primarily for our clients its part of the process of raising equity investment.

In our first newsletter of the year, we're going to take a look at how a company can carry out a valuation for the first time. There are a number of reasons why a founder might want to do this, but primarily for our clients its part of the process of raising equity investment.

Over the last 12 months Dragon Argent have partnered with several accelerators to help support founders within their programs. The accelerators we work with include Antler, Entrepreneur First and The Hatchery at UCL. We do this because we believe in supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs. Find out the top 5 benefits of joining an accelerator program.

Dragon Argent look at the benefit of building Enterprise Value (EV). Regardless of an entrepreneur’s timeline or intent to sell It is essential to understand how this can serve to both enhance and qualify a valuation when the time comes to raise investment or plan an exit and mitigates the risk of making inaccurate assumptions around what drives the value of your business.

In this week’s newsletter, Dragon Argent are going to look at some of the lessons that startup founders can learn from Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund. Peter Theil has built several enterprises, each valued in the billions and has been involved in several very successful funds. He shares his experiences in “Zero to One”, which we have summarised for you by focusing on his Four Golden Rules and Seven Key Questions.

In this week’s newsletter, Dragon Argent are using the entry of a new financing provider into the UK market as an opportunity to look at alternative funding models for SaaS businesses that potentially offer more efficiency and longer term shareholder value.

In this article, Dragon Argent look at three key questions any founders aiming to raise venture capital must be equipped to answer.

It is obvious to say that many startups are enabled by developments or innovations in technology and this in turn results in this technology being sold as software as a service (SaaS). Due to this trend, at Dragon Argent we are drafting and negotiating more and more SaaS agreements for clients to protect their intellectual property and commercial interests.

If you are a founder or owner-operator, have you ever stopped to ask yourself what your long-term goals are and what assets drive the value of your business?

There are some accounting risks every startup founder and owner operator should be aware of. These risks can not only impact the ongoing viability of a business but also have a detrimental effect at major events such as investment rounds or exit processes. Robust management accounting is fundamental to the enterprise value of a company and will help mitigate accounting surprises such as those outlined below on an ongoing basis or within due diligence.