START-UP LAW
Young enterprises have specific needs and deserve particular attention and advices. We follow very closely those needs, as well as the latest trends in the start-up sector, and have developed an extensive know-how in those matters. Among others, we practice the following areas:
- Assistance for the starting-up of a new activity (all the conditions and formalities required, the rules governing the right to manage, the regulations on access to some professions, licenses and approvals required, etc.);
- Choosing the most appropriate company form and incorporation of companies, of non-profit organizations and of branches;
- Drafting of enterprise’s documents (bylaws, shareholders’ agreements, general terms and conditions, etc.);
- Commercial contracts: assistance for the negotiation and the drafting of all kinds of contracts (commercial lease agreement, supply agreement, etc.);
- Fund-raising (business angels, crowdfunding, bank financing, microfinance, subsidies, etc.) : assistance for the negotiation and the drafting of all kinds of finance agreements;
- Tax incentives (tax shelter, exemption from withholding tax on interest related to loans granted to young SME through crowdfunding, partial waiver from professional withholding tax, etc.);
- Intellectual property protection (author’s rights, trademarks, patents, etc.);
- Assistance for the development of a website (choice and registration of a domain name, compulsory statements, negotiation and drafting of the contract, processing of personal data, general terms and conditions governing the use of the website, etc.);
- E-commerce (distance contracts, electronic payment and invoicing, etc.);
- Assistance for the hiring of personnel (independent or employed, drafting of the contracts, etc.);
- And so on…
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Lion's Law
Drève du Sénéchal 19
B-1180 Brussels
Tel: +32 (0)2 725 38 99
Fax: +32 (0)2 720 04 01
info@lionslaw.be