Business Breakup and Divorce

Schulman Blackwell has extensive experience representing shareholders, partners, and LLC members through the breakup and dissolution of private businesses.

We have represented clients in business breakups involving the following issues:
• Absence of a shareholder (corporation, LLC, or LLP) agreement
• Breach of fiduciary duties by shareholder, member, officer, or director
• Buyout rights agreements
• Corporate deadlock disputes
• Covenants not to compete
• Equitable relief
• Executive compensation, buyout agreements, and buyout rights
• Minority owner rights and oppression
• Preliminary and permanent injunctions
• Self-dealing
• Equity owner disputes against other owners, managers, or general partners
• Shareholder appraisal rights
• Shareholder buyout
• Valuation issues