Business Divorce & Buyouts

Some partnerships end by plan, most by friction. "Business divorce" is the untangling of co-owners — by negotiated buyout when possible, by litigation when necessary — while keeping the company alive and its value intact.

The exit paths

• Negotiated buyout: the usual best outcome — price, terms, releases, and restrictive covenants resolved in one agreement.
• Operating-agreement mechanisms: puts, calls, shotgun clauses, and appraisal provisions many owners forget they signed.
• Judicial dissolution: the court-ordered endgame for deadlock or oppression — often the leverage that produces the negotiated exit.
• Receiverships and injunctions: protecting the company while owners fight.

Valuation is the whole ballgame

Every exit is a fight about value: standards of value, discounts for minority interests and marketability, normalized earnings, and add-backs for an owner's personal spending through the company. With a finance background and standing relationships with valuation experts, we argue these numbers natively — not by memo from a hired consultant.

When it really is a divorce

Married co-owners divorcing face both fights at once: the marital case values and divides the business while the corporate documents control what can actually be done with it. We handle both sides of that board — which is rare, and decisive.