Legal Question in Investment Law in New York

If I have equity in a start up as restricted stock agreement and they rebranding and changing the name of the company, does my equity roll over to the new company, or will I loose any equity accumulated?


Asked on 9/06/14, 9:31 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Roman Fichman Esq. Law Practice of Roman Fichman Esq.

Generally speaking a mere change of name does not affect the equity structure of a company.

However, it could be that what you perceive (or was told to you) as being "just a change of name", may be something more substantial and possibly critical to your equity. The only way to rule this out would be to quickly review your stock purchase agreement and what the company is doing at this time.

If you need help with this please ping me offline.


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Answered on 9/08/14, 8:32 am


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