For business owners and leadership teams
Employee Share Option Scheme (ESOS) Documentation
Give the team real equity upside on terms the company can administer and investors will accept.
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- Offices in Kuala Lumpur & Johor Bahru
- Confidential, no obligation
Real lawyers, one team behind every matter
Who this is for
Sound familiar?
Startups granting equity to early employees
Companies formalising verbal equity promises
Businesses creating an option pool ahead of a funding round
Groups incentivising senior management with equity
What's at stake
What is really at stake
- 01Equity is promised verbally to early employees.Percentages get mentioned in interviews. Nothing is documented.
- 02When a round or an exit comes, the promises surface with no scheme rules, no vesting, no exercise mechanism and no agreement on price — and the cap table cannot absorb them.
In plain words
Employee Share Option Scheme (ESOS) Documentation
Scheme documentation covering the pool size, eligibility, grant and vesting, exercise price and mechanics, treatment on leaving, and the corporate approvals and administration required.
What good looks like
Imagine an option pool sized properly, grants documented, vesting running automatically, and leaver provisions that operate without negotiation.
What you get
What we deliver
Scope and fee are agreed in writing before any work starts, so you know exactly what you are getting.
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Advice on pool size and dilution impact
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Scheme rules and grant letter templates
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Vesting schedules and exercise mechanics
- 04
Good leaver and bad leaver provisions
- 05
Corporate approvals and administration process
How we work
Clear from the first conversation
- 1
Send a short request
Tell us what the matter is about. It takes under a minute and stays confidential.
- 2
Akmal sets a time with you
We reply within 30 minutes in office hours to arrange your consultation, online or at our KL or JB office.
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Advice, then a written proposal
You get a clear view of the issues and options, then a written scope and fee proposal.
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Work begins on the agreed scope
Akmal leads the matter with a team of our lawyers, working to the scope you approved. You get regular updates at every key step.
Who leads your matter
Led by Akmal Saufi, supported by our team
Akmal leads your matter as Partner. Depending on the work, other lawyers in our team handle parts of it day to day, with Akmal overseeing the matter.
Akmal Saufi
Partner, Messrs Akmal Saufi & Co
- Advocate & Solicitor, Malaysia
- Over 13 years in transactional work: M&A, joint ventures, land and infrastructure
- LLB (Hons), International Islamic University Malaysia
The team behind your matter
Meet the team →Who we have acted for
Organisations we have acted for
Federal government agencies & statutory bodies
Johor state bodies & local authorities
Government-linked companies
Private sector & NGOs
Shown with permission. Government agencies, statutory bodies and government-linked companies are identified as such. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement by any government, ministry or agency.
Next step
Request a consultation with Akmal
- 1Send a short request. It takes under a minute.
- 2Akmal reviews it and arranges a time with you.
- 3You get clear advice, then a written scope and fee proposal.
We reply within 30 minutes · Mon–Fri, 8:30am–5:30pm
Your details stay confidential. Sending a request does not mean you have appointed us.
- Licensed advocates & solicitors
- Professional indemnity insured
- Offices in KL & JB
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Still unsure? Send a short request and Akmal will tell you plainly whether and how we can help.
How big should the pool be?
What is vesting?
What happens when an employee leaves?
What is Legal That Works?
What if I’m not sure what legal service I need?
Who will be helping me?
Before you sign
The cost of waiting
Undocumented equity promises are among the most common findings in startup diligence, and among the hardest to resolve once a valuation is on the table.
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