A Checklist of issues to consider when structuring and forming a joint venture. This Checklist highlights, among others, issues relating to the joint venture parties, preliminary documents that may be entered into before negotiations, structuring the joint venture (including choice of entity, equity structure and financing, and contributions by the joint venture parties), governance and minority protections, restrictive covenants, deadlocks, exits and terminations, and service and support arrangements with the joint venture parties or their affiliates.