Many of you are starting a new business, struggling to take your business to the next level, or perhaps about to enter into an agreement with someone that will make the ultimate difference for your business and in each of these instances, you will be required to enter into a legal agreement.
I am a qualified lawyer and have practiced for over 25 years in several countries of the world, and I too have battled to protect myself legally in some of my business endeavours, only later understanding the pitfalls of the agreements I have entered into..
A few years ago I entered into a partnership with another lawyer that I trusted and didn’t think it was necessary to have a partnership agreement as we were both lawyers and had verbally agreed how we would manage our business: that mistake cost me several million and a great career, not to mention the emotional heartache of failure. The same mistake costs many entrepreneurs dearly, sometimes at the start-up of their business, and at other times during the course of their business. So many times I hear people say that it is too expensive to consult a lawyer but the expense they incur in cleaning up later is a hundredfold. I am committed to helping entrepreneurs ensure that their businesses are legally protected with concise legal agreements that protect them and the business they work so hard to create and sustain.