Avoid co-founder disputes with a clear SHA
SHA drafted with vesting, drag/tag-along, IP assignment & exit clauses.
Overview
A Shareholders Agreement (SHA) is the most important contract in any Pvt Ltd company — it defines the commercial terms between founders, between founders and investors, and between investors of different rounds. Unlike the AoA (which is filed with ROC and is a public document), the SHA is private and far more detailed: it covers reserved matters, founder vesting, exit waterfall, liquidation preferences, anti-dilution, board observer rights, information rights, and dispute resolution. Without an SHA, a single co-founder dispute or investor disagreement can paralyse the company.
RegisterEase's corporate lawyers draft SHAs for three distinct scenarios: (1) Founder-only SHA — when co-founders incorporate together and want to lock vesting, decision rights, and exit terms before scaling; (2) Seed-stage SHA — when an angel or seed VC invests ₹50L-₹5 Cr and brings standard term-sheet conditions; (3) Series A+ SHA — when an institutional investor invests ₹5 Cr+ and demands the full clause set (drag, tag, anti-dilution, liquidation pref, board control, MFN, ROFO, etc.).
Pricing: ₹9,999 for founder-only or seed-stage SHA, ₹24,999 for Series A+ investor-led SHAs (which require multi-party negotiation and 3-4 review rounds). Both include drafting on behalf of the founder, review of investor-side draft if VC sends their lawyers' version, negotiation support with the investor's lawyer (we attend term-sheet calls if needed), and alignment with your AoA so there are no conflicting provisions.
We frequently advise founders to prioritise 3 clauses in early-stage SHAs: (1) Founder vesting (typically 4 years with 1-year cliff) — protects against a co-founder walking with shares; (2) Reserved matters at board + shareholder level — distinguish which decisions need founder approval vs investor approval; (3) Liquidation preference structure — 1x non-participating preferred is founder-friendly; 1x participating or 2x is investor-leaning and reduces founder upside in exits. We walk you through all 3 with concrete examples from your own cap table.
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Benefits
Define rights & responsibilities upfront.
Protect company from flaky founders.
Drag-along, tag-along, ROFR.
Clean SHA boosts fundraising.
Trust, in plain English
RegisterEase follows Google's helpful, people-first content guidance — transparent authorship, transparent process, transparent purpose.
This shareholders' agreement (sha) page is written and reviewed by practising Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries and Advocates on the RegisterEase editorial panel. Every guide is fact-checked against MCA, GSTN, CBDT and IPO primary sources before publishing, and re-verified after each Ministry notification or Union Budget update.
You submit documents once. A verified expert is assigned inside 24 hours, drafts every form, files with the concerned authority (Documentation), and posts progress into your 9-stage tracker. Government fees are pass-through at actuals — you can see line-item receipts in your dashboard.
Indian founders lose 40+ hours a year chasing consultants, portal errors and missing acknowledgements. RegisterEase exists to compress that into a single transparent workflow — one dashboard, one invoice, verified experts, and a money-back guarantee if we miss the committed timeline. No hidden charges, no lock-ins, no reselling.
Why RegisterEase
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How it works
Approximate days per step (parallelized execution). Timeline breakdown is shown below.
Discuss vesting, IP, exits.
Lawyer drafts SHA.
2 revisions, execute.
Total turnaround
3–5 working days
A dedicated expert handles every step — you just share documents and track progress.
Compare
| Stage | Cheque size | Key clauses to negotiate | Our fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founder-only | Pre-funding | Vesting, ROFR, deadlock | ₹9,999 |
| Angel / Seed | ₹50L-₹5 Cr | Above + liquidation pref, anti-dilution, board obs | ₹9,999 |
| Series A | ₹5-25 Cr | Above + drag, tag, MFN, founder secondary | ₹24,999 |
| Series B+ | ₹25 Cr+ | Above + IPO covenant, registration rights, ratchet | ₹39,999+ |
Pricing
Transparent pricing. No hidden fees. Govt fee included.
Pay only 30% today to lock in your plan. We draft everything; you review and pay the balance before final filing.
Complete service package.
Pay only 30% today, balance after draft
Pay 30% today (₹2,400), balance after draft
Complete service package.
Pay only 30% today, balance after draft
Pay 30% today (₹4,500), balance after draft
We prepare every document for your shareholders' agreement (sha). You review each draft, request changes, and only after your approval do you pay the remaining 70% — right before final submission.
Note: Government fees (if applicable) will be communicated before processing. Pay 30% today to begin.
Customer Reviews
Real reviews from 18+ verified founders who registered their Private Limited Company with RegisterEase. From Mumbai to Guwahati, Kolkata to Kochi.
I was honestly tired of agents asking ₹15-20k upfront with no clarity. Paid only ₹2,499 on RegisterEase, my draft MoA and AoA were ready on day 4, and they explained every clause before submitting SPICe+. Incorporation certificate landed on day 16. The transparent state-wise stamp duty calculator was the deciding factor for me.
My co-founder is in Singapore so we needed help with the Apostille for his director documents. The relationship manager handled the entire foreign-director workflow without us chasing. DIN, DSC and PAN/TAN all came together. Will recommend to every founder I meet.
Other portals quoted me ₹9,500 'all-inclusive' and then asked extra for AoA stamp duty. Here the calculator showed me Tamil Nadu stamp duty (₹520) upfront. Final cost matched the quote to the rupee. That's rare in this industry.
Whole process was clean — got name approval in 5 days, MoA review email arrived as promised. The eMudhra DSC was slightly delayed because of the video KYC re-attempt, but support called and resolved it the same evening. 4 stars only because of that one delay, otherwise easily 5.
Stamp duty in Gujarat is on the higher side because of the AoA percentage rule. Their team explained it patiently and even suggested keeping authorised capital at ₹1 lakh to save ~₹2,500. Tiny advice that mattered. Got my COI within 19 days end-to-end.
What sold me was that I paid ₹1,499 upfront and reviewed all the drafts before paying the balance. I made 2 changes to the MoA object clause and they redid it without complaining. This is how every legal service should work.
We are a D2C apparel brand and needed a watertight object clause covering both manufacturing and marketplace sales. The CA spent a full 25 minute call with me drafting it. Two MCA queries were resolved by their team without me even knowing. Incorporation certificate landed in 18 days.
Pro plan was worth the extra ₹1,000. They verified all my docs the same evening I uploaded. Telangana stamp duty was correctly calculated (we have the 0.15% AoA rule). MSME certificate also done as part of the package. Highly professional outfit.
I had zero idea about MCA, SPICe+, INC-32 — all of it. Their executive walked me through every form on a screen-share call. Even helped me pick the right NIC code for my consultancy business. Got the COI in 22 days. Thank you team!
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