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Save time and money on legal fees with our free legal templates for routine legal paperwork, tailored to the Southeast Asian market.
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acqui-hire agreement
This agreement is for use when a company primarily wishes to bring in employees from a target company, rather than acquiring its business.
advisor share agreement
This is a simple agreement for the provision of advisory services to an early stage company (including where a company is establishing a formal advisory board).
cap table – discounted debt conversion
This template cap table is intended for use when considering a potential equity investment in a company. This is used where all shares issued in consideration for the conversion of debt to equity are issued at a discount to the price per share paid by the cash investors.
cap table (no discounted debt conversion)
This template cap table is intended for use when considering a potential equity investment in a company (whether from existing shareholders, external investors, or both).
capital raising due diligence checklist
This Due Diligence Document List is a list of legal documents for review by potential investors. Investors are likely to request additional documents, depending on the nature of the company’s…
completion checklist
This is a template checklist which sets out the steps typically required to take a series A investment transaction from signing to completion.
convertible note (KISS terms)
This note is a convertible instrument that is intended to be used by a startup to document a seed investment from a third party investor or a bridge financing from existing shareholders.
convertible note term sheet
This is a simple term sheet for a convertible instrument that is intended to be used by a startup to document a seed investment from a third party investor or a bridge financing from existing shareholders.
disclosure letter
This is a template disclosure letter for disclosing against warranties provided in an M&A or capital raising transaction.
founder agreement – long form
This document is intended for use by the founders of a new startup who wish to provide for some level of claw-back of a co-founder’s initial shareholding if he or she ceases to work, or fails to make the contribution required of them to the business.
founder agreement – short form
This is intended for use by founders to provide for some level of claw-back of a co-founder’s initial shareholding if he or she ceases to work for the company.
friends and family subscription agreement
This agreement is for use when a start-up wishes to issue shares to a new investor as part of a friends and family investment round in Southeast Asia.
independent contractor agreement
This is a simple company friendly consultancy agreement for engaging independent contractors or consultants (e.g. individuals or sole operator companies) to work within a business.
intercompany loan agreement
This is a simple intercompany loan agreement that records an unsecured loan between group companies.
IP assignment
This document is intended for use by the founders of a startup company to formally transfer intellectual property relevant to the business, products or services of the company, to that company.
letter of intent (commercial)
This is a simple document to outline the main in principle terms of a proposed commercial relationship. The document is not legally binding (other than the confidentiality, termination, and governing…
m&a due diligence checklist
This Due Diligence Document List is a list of legal documents for review by potential investors. Investors are likely to request additional documents, depending on the nature of the company’s business, but this list is a good starting point.
m&a term sheet
This is a template term sheet for use when one tech company is acquiring the shares of another tech company.
mutual confidentiality agreement (nda)
This is a simple mutual (or two way) confidentiality agreement setting out the terms on which each party will keep confidential the other party’s information.
SAFE convertible note
This note is a convertible instrument that is intended to be used to document a seed investment from a third-party investor or a bridge financing from existing shareholders.
seed investment term sheet
This is a simple term sheet for use when a startup is raising capital from seed investors in Southeast Asia.
seed shareholders’ agreement
This is a simple shareholders’ agreement intended to be implemented by a startup at the time it closes a seed investment round in Southeast Asia.
seed subscription agreement
This agreement is for use when a startup wishes to issue shares to a new investor as part of a seed investment round in Southeast Asia.
series A investment term sheet
This is a term sheet for use when a startup based in Southeast Asia is raising capital from series A investors.
share exchange agreement
This agreement is for use by Southeast Asian companies looking to redomicile or flip to Singapore.
startup shareholders’ agreement
This is a simple startup shareholders’ agreement for use during the earliest stage of a company’s development, i.e. while the founders are the only shareholders and before the company receives funding.
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