Tag: Shareholders Agreement

What can you actually do when you own a minority stake in a company and the people in control start squeezing you out?

More than most minority shareholders think.

Ontario law gives you something called the oppression remedy, and courts have called it the broadest shareholder protection in the common-law world. It doesn’t require proving anyone broke a contract. It protects your reasonable expectations, and when those are violated, a court can order almost anything, including forcing the majority to buy you out at fair value.

If you’re being frozen out of information, cut off from dividends, or watching insiders pay themselves while you get nothing, this guide explains the strongest card in your hand and when to play it.

Toronto business and franchise lawyer, Sukhi Hansra, of Hansra Law, explains how a shareholders agreement helps with everything from developing strong corporate governance to ensuring

In this Legal Guide, Toronto business and franchise lawyer, Sukhi Hansra, discusses the key consideration of a shareholder agreements. In previous Legal Guides we covered