Message for family businesses at corporate law seminar

Legal contracts and agreements are as important in family businesses as they are in general business, delegates at a corporate seminar heard yesterday.

The seminar, entitled Corporate Law and Tax Issues Facing SMEs in Ireland, was the latest in a series of corporate seminars being run by O’Donnell Sweeney Solicitors.

It examined the need for shareholders in SMEs, particularly family businesses, to regulate relationships and explored how to introduce family members to the business. O’Donnell Sweeney’s Gerard Ryan said: