Georgie Herring

The lifecycle of a startup includes many milestones – the first strategy meeting, the first investment round and, at some point, the first customer to take a chance on your product or services.

After spending countless hours perfecting their pitch and wooing customers, some startups are so keen to seal the deal that they either fail to sufficiently document their arrangements or agree to the customer's terms with little-to-no negotiation.

Our guide to customer contracts explains… Show more

The lifecycle of a startup includes many milestones – the first strategy meeting, the first investment round and, at some point, the first customer to take a chance on your product or services.

After spending countless hours perfecting their pitch and wooing customers, some startups are so keen to seal the deal that they either fail to sufficiently document their arrangements or agree to the customer's terms with little-to-no negotiation.

Our guide to customer contracts explains the importance of clearly documenting your customer arrangements, key considerations when preparing and negotiating customer agreements and some practical tips on how to structure and what to include in your customer agreements.
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Together with your company's constitution, a shareholders agreement provides the foundation for the corporate governance of your startup and outlines what a shareholder can and can't do. It also sets out the shareholders' rights and obligations and their role in the management of the company.

Our FAQs sheet addresses some of the commonly asked questions put to our Allens Accelerate team about shareholders agreements.

If you’re focused on testing your idea, developing your product and scraping together enough funds to talk to foundation customers, engaging a lawyer could be the last thing on your mind.

But legal issues will arise, and making the right decision about whether, when and how to seek legal assistance might be one of the most important investment decisions that you make.

Our cheat-sheet details about whether and when to seek legal assistance, the type of assistance that will be most… Show more

If you’re focused on testing your idea, developing your product and scraping together enough funds to talk to foundation customers, engaging a lawyer could be the last thing on your mind.

But legal issues will arise, and making the right decision about whether, when and how to seek legal assistance might be one of the most important investment decisions that you make.

Our cheat-sheet details about whether and when to seek legal assistance, the type of assistance that will be most appropriate for you, and how to best engage with your advisers so as to minimise the legal barriers now and in the future, while also minimising your outlay of time and money.
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