Ownership can drift: informal promises, shares held for someone, old partners still on the register. The decision question is whether the recorded ownership matches reality, and which untidy parts need repair before they cause a dispute or block a transaction.
The review starts by comparing the official record of who owns the company with what the people involved believe is the arrangement. Differences between the two are where trouble starts: a departed partner who still holds shares, someone promised equity that was never issued, or a holding that stands in for another person.
This is a factual mapping exercise. Whether any arrangement is valid or enforceable is a legal question for a lawyer, and the review marks those points.
They may have left in practice, but their holding persists and can block decisions or a sale.
Verbal or messaged promises of shares or profit that were never documented.
The recorded holder is not the person who is meant to benefit.
Companies owned by companies owned by individuals, where one link is unclear or no longer needed.
You supply the share registers, shareholder agreements, transfer documents and correspondence about ownership, so the review starts from what exists on paper.
Who is meant to hold what, according to the people involved.
Every place where the paper and the intention disagree.
For each gap, the realistic ways to fix it and who has to be involved.
This is business and structuring analysis, not legal, tax or investment advice. Where a legal or tax opinion is needed, we say so and point you to a licensed adviser.
Changes to ownership are made by the company and its professionals. The review identifies what needs to change and why.
The review notes it as a risk and points to the need for a lawyer.
No. It is a structured description of the situation and a list of questions for a lawyer.
No obligation. We read your request and reply with a straight answer.
Describe your plan and your constraints. We reply with what we would look at first.
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