Agreements of shareholders and members of LLC under Russian law

Purpose: To study the main types of agreements that are concluded in joint stock companies and limited liability companies. The article reflects the legal features of such agreements as a foundation agreement in a joint-stock company, an agreement on the establishment of a limited liability company, as well as agreements (transactions) of purchase and sale, the subject of which is the shares of a joint-stock company and shares (parts of shares) of a limited liability company. Methodology: In the course of the study, formal legal methods and the method of analysis were used. Results: On the basis of this study, it is indicated that the aggregate of corporate obligations that may be reflected in the contract include: the exercise of corporate rights in an appropriate manner; the obligation to vote at the general meeting in an agreed manner; take (not take) other actions in accordance with the general will of the corporation in relation to its management. Novelty/originality/value: Particular attention is paid to such a type of corporate agreements as a corporate agreement, through the completion of which in business companies there is an opportunity to form individual characteristics of a corporate legal relationship that go beyond the framework of a memorandum of association in a joint stock company, an agreement on the establishment of a limited liability company, and reflect the specifics of its content.