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In my first partnership one co-founder paid themselves a higher salary and claimed more equity, left all the work to me and another guy, then when the investment failed kicked out the other guy, left the country and let the cleanup work fall on my. So now I always sign this...

It has a virtual vesting structure which makes it very clear how much belongs to whom at any point. It also clarifies what happens on incorporation and it has a provision for when the project is "dead". Don't repeat my mistake. Here's the link, use it: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

So the vesting starts before the formation, but what happens after formation? Like, the invested shares have to be owned by someone, and I wonder if e.g. a GmbH can legally hold a majority of its own shares...