Episode One: Corporate Divorce – Preventing and Managing the Break-Up of a Business Partnership
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Buy-Sell Agreements: A Conversation With Expert and Author Paul Hood
Buy-Sell Agreements and Their Place in an Asset Protection Plan
An operating agreement (for an LLC) or shareholders’ agreement (for a corporation) is where you and your partners decide how the relationship really works. Without it, New York’s default rules step in — and those rules...more
As the year comes to a close and businesses prepare to wrap up 2025, there’s one critical task that should not be overlooked — a comprehensive legal check-up. Just as we schedule annual physicals to safeguard our personal...more
Just like personal relationships, business partnerships can sometimes come to an end. For restaurant owners, parting ways with a business partner—often referred to as a business divorce—can be an emotional and financially...more
Owning a restaurant with partners can be rewarding, but it also comes with challenges—especially when one partner wants to leave the business. A well-structured buyout agreement is essential to ensure a smooth transition and...more
In the high-pressure world of restaurant ownership, partnerships can be as delicate as they are rewarding. When business owners don’t plan for the unexpected—whether that’s a partner’s departure, illness, or...more
In this episode, Kimberly Kamkar is joined by corporate law partners Patrick Richard, Anna Tang and Doug Schwartz to explore the complexities of business "break-ups." They discuss essential practices for future planning, the...more
With the recent passage of Senate Bill 25-083, Colorado continues its trend of restricting the application of non-compete agreements in the state. The new law (i) adds certain prohibitions on when non-compete agreements can...more
Across all industries, private companies, family offices, and their owners and management teams face rapidly evolving challenges, opportunities, and risks in the dynamic environment that is 2025. Here are 11 issues that...more
On April 18, join Winstead attorneys Trip Dyer, Ben Gehlbach, Daniel Bell-Garcia, Jacob Loehr, Matt Dzura, and Cole Gearhart, along with Whitley Penn Partner Shea Krachek, for our Real Estate Startup half-day virtual seminar....more
There are many reasons for business owners to consider adding new partners, including to secure additional capital, to add needed expertise to help grow the company, to bring family members or close friends to join in...more
IN BRIEF - The sale of a family business or any business with multiple owners creates potential conflicts among the owners as well as potential issues for the attorney representing the sellers. Among these issues are...more
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that non-compete agreements may be transferred to a successor employer through an asset sale and enforced by that successor employer against the employees who previously...more