The kinds of people you’ll want to allow access to the confidential information under a confidentiality agreement.
Who’s in
- Professional advisers: Not usually controversial because they are by nature bound by protocols to respect confidentiality and may even buy you legal privilege for whatever that is worth these days.
- Employees: The corporate veil may be impermeable but you do need someone with a head and a beating heart to read and deal with the confidential information on the limited company’s behalf — but more fearful types may try to restrict which of your employees are in the gang (see below).
- Regulators — compulsory disclosure to competent regulatory bodies, courts, and so on. Marginally more controversial is the obligation to disclose at polite but non-binding request of regulators.
Who’s out
Conditions