Tag Archives: Legal Advice to startups

23 May

Creation of ESOP Trust – Why complicate?

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Many small sized organizations prefer to have the Board approving the grant of stock Options.  In large organizations, they either have a Compensation Committee or set up a Trust. Many Indian companies, including Infosys Limited, have used trust route to … Read More »

 
12 May

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) in India – All you need to know about

By Sharda Balaji 74 Comments

LLP, a legal form available world-wide is now introduced in India and is governed by the Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008, with effect from April 1, 2009. link (pdf) . LLP combines the advantages of ease of running a Partnership … Read More »

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30 Sep

Demystifying IP/Patent Process for Startups

By sinha 15 Comments

Guest post by Dilip of Inolyst, IP consulting and IP monetizing firm. In this post (published in two parts), Dilip demystifies the entire patenting process and what does it mean for startups. Basics of Patenting Patents : Protect an invention … Read More »

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22 Apr

Stock Compensation in Early Stage Start-ups – How to go about it?

By Sharda Balaji 2 Comments

We are pretty familiar with Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme (ESPS) as an employee benefit plan and employee retention tool. They are attractive in listed companies, primarily because of easy trade-ability and established market price. … Read More »

 
06 Mar

Starting up? Legal Primer – Basic Registrations that you should know

By Sharda Balaji 19 Comments

You have just started on your own and trying to understand different registrations required for conducting your business. Statutory or regulatory registrations are largely related to the kind of business or operations. You may need registration under the software technology … Read More »