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Shepherd and Wedderburn Legal Hub

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This legal hub has been developed by Shepherd and Wedderburn for you to find useful information and template agreements to use in your start-up business.

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s corporate team supports innovative, high-growth and spin-out companies to raise start-up/seed capital. The firm’s lawyers, who also work with investors looking to invest in young companies, know from experience how vital the right legal documentation is to securing funding and developing your start-up.

You can use the Shepherd and Wedderburn Start-up Hub to create template legal agreements for your start-up business in minutes, such as:

employment contracts;
consultancy agreements;
non-disclosure agreements; and
intellectual property (IP) assignations.

You will also find comprehensive guides outlining what to expect in a seed investment round, how to protect your IP, how to make your first hires, and more.

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