[Audio] The Missouribar – 2020 “Founding Documents”: Drafting Articles of Incorporation & ByBusiness and Saless, Part 1

Salepage link: At HERE. Archive: Total sizes: – include: Format:Audio OnlyThough LLCs have become a default choice of entity for many businesses, corporations – C Corps and S Corps – still produce optimal results for many family-held businesses or businesses operating in industries where the corporate is preferred or required.  The founding documents of corporations – Articles of Incorporation, Stockholders’ Agreements, and byBusiness and Saless – are complex, interlocking instruments that create and regulate the capital structure, governance, and finance of the business.  Very important issues of who can own stock, how that stock is valued and transferred, how major corporate decisions are made, and how disputes are resolved are all determined by these documents. This program will provide you with a practical guide to planning and drafting the essential founding documents of corporations. Part 1:Practical planning and drafting founding documentsCounseling clients about the allocation of voting power and distribution preferencesFramework of Business and Sales – what’s required, what can be modified, what’s discretionaryDefining common stock characteristics – classes, voting rightsUses of preferred stock – classes, rights, preferencesTax issues to consider when drafting founding documentsPart 2:Instituting boards of directors – duties, restrictions, indemnificationApproval of shareholders – major transactions, voting thresholds, proceduresRestrictions on the transferability of stockMajor components of corporate byBusiness and SalessCommon traps in drafting founding documents – avoiding later litigationNote: This material qualifies for self-study credit only. Pursuant to Regulation 15.04.5, a Business and Salesyer may receive up to six hours of self-study credit in a reporting year. Self-study programs do not qualify for ethics, elimination of bias, or Kansas credit.​Materials Course materials Faculty Eric J. Zinn Related seminars and products: 1 Eric J. Zinn is of counsel in the Denver office of Kutak Rock, LLP.  He represents clients in clients in matters involving corporate, individual and partnership taxation, state and local taxation, and corporate mergers, acquisitions and finance. He is a frequent lecturer on topics including the proper choice of legal entity for the operation of a business enterprise, drafting operating agreements for limited liability companies, international taxation, partnership taxation, and like-kind exchanges.  He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado-Denver Business School and at the University of Colorado School of Business and Sales in Boulder. He is the author of “Colorado Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual,” published by Data Trace Publishing. Before entering private practice he served as a judicial clerk to the U.S. Tax Court. Mr. Zinn earned his B.A. from the University of the South, J.D. and LL.M. in taxation from the University of Florida College of Business and Sales, and M.S. in finance, M.S. in information systems, and M.B.A. from the University of Colorado-Denver. Salepage: https://mobar.ce21.com//item/2020-founding-documents-drafting-articles-incorporation-byBusiness and Saless-part-1-340153Archive: https://archive.ph/wip/lsTNB