Business Divorces
Partnership Disputes
Christopher has developed an expertise in representing partner and shareholders that have a dispute with their co-owners. These claims often involve allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of company assets, and other misconduct. One path to resolving such disputes and litigation is a buy-out: one partner will purchase the other partner’s interest as part of the settlement of the claims. This also allows the partners to disentangle so they are not required to continue to do business together. This can be a highly emotional situation. One of Christopher’s strengths is working with clients to analyze such matters from a financial point of view and to put the emotions behind.
Christopher has developed an expertise in representing partner and shareholders that have a dispute with their co-owners. These claims often involve allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of company assets, mismanagement of operations, and other misconduct. While there is almost always a financial component, there is also an emotional aspect where one partner does not feel like the other is contributing equally to the success of the business.
One path to resolving such disputes and litigation is a buyout: one partner will purchase the other partner’s interest as part of the settlement of the claims. This also allows the partners to disentangle so they are not required to continue to do business together.
This can be a highly emotional situation. One of Christopher’s strengths is working with clients to analyze such matters from a financial point of view and while recognizing the emotions, ensuring that decisions are made for practical, business reasons
