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