Company Formation and Founders' Agreements

Setting up your company right from day one

The decisions made when a company is formed shape everything that follows: raising investment, bringing in partners, a sale or an exit. We help founders, entrepreneurs and business owners incorporate in Israel and build the right legal structure, so the company is ready for growth and for investors from the start.

What we handle

• Choosing the right structure and incorporating a limited company with the Israeli Registrar of Companies
• Drafting articles of association that fit the founders and future investors
• Founders' agreements: equity split, roles, decision making, vesting and founder departure
• Shareholders' agreements and partnership agreements between business owners
• Share allocation and option plans for employees and advisors
• Assigning intellectual property from the founders to the company
• Setting up subsidiaries and special purpose vehicles (SPVs) abroad, and supporting foreign companies opening operations in Israel

For founders from abroad and international companies

We work in English and Hebrew and advise entrepreneurs and investors from abroad who are setting up a company or operations in Israel, as well as Israeli companies expanding into international markets. Documents are drafted in the language you need, and we talk in the language you prefer.

Why sign a founders' agreement early

A founders' agreement signed at the start, while relations are good and interests are aligned, prevents costly disputes later. It sets out what happens when a founder leaves, how decisions are made and who owns the intellectual property, and every serious investor will review it before investing.