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How many shares should you have when you start a company?
Most companies have too few shares when they are started. It does not cost anything to have a lot of shares from the start, and
Minimum wage for QESO raised for 2023
Qualified Employee Stock Options, QESO, are an attractive way to give your Swedish employees an incentive (read more here). The requirement for the employee is
How does a share issue in Euro or USD work?
Sometimes we are asked to help out with share issues that are priced in Euro or US dollars (USD). Is that even possible in a
What does illiquidity discount mean for warrants?
When you set the price of a warrant you sometimes come across the concept of “illiquidity discount”, which is used to lower the price of
Why do you need right of first refusal and post purchase rights both in the articles of association and the shareholders’ agreement?
A right of first refusal (“förköpsförbehåll”) and post purchase rights (“hembudsförbehåll”) is something we recommend that your company has, especially in an early phase. With
Updated Employment Law 2022
On the 1st of October, a series of changes to Swedish LAS (Lagen om Anställningsskydd 1982:80) is coming into effect. LAS is the most dominant
Loan Agreement
Sometimes a company might need a temporary cash top-up to manage cashflow, and if you have a strong owner, or other connection for that matter,
How to handle VAT in an offset share issue?
Denna artikel finns även på svenska. One way to pay for consulting services is issuing shares and as payment to offset the price of the
Setting the strike price for a warrant
If you decided to issue warrants, as opposed to the more tax efficient QESOs (find out which to use here), one of the most important
