Shareholder Disputes and Business Divorce

S&A is a go-to firm for disputes between shareholders, partners, and members of closely-held business entities (also known as “business divorce”). These matters typically involve complex issues, including breaches of fiduciary duties, removal of directors and officers, dissolutions, derivative actions, forced buyouts, freeze out mergers, judicial dissolution, minority oppression, complex accounting issues, valuation disputes, books and records issues, among several other, which require highly sophisticated as well as bespoke advice. Above all, our attorneys are not only adept to dealing with such nuanced issues in court or arbitration, but they are trained to handle several day-to-day challenges which keep arising throughout the pendency of such dispute (considering the emotional intensity of such cases). While delivering successful results in litigations remains a top-priority, we place equal emphasis on assisting our clients in achieving their larger commercial objectives through non-adversarial negotiations and mediations. Before proceeding with long-drawn litigations, we ensure that our clients have exhausted all other options of reaching a favorable settlements or buyout. In that process, we leverage our extensive experience in advising a range of corporate stakeholders – such as, controlling shareholders, minority shareholders, silent investors, partners, members of a joint venture, director, and an officer – which informs our pragmatic and holistic advocacy strategies.