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Business Litigation
Protecting your stake when co-owners can no longer work together.
Few disputes are as costly as a fight among the people who own the business. Oppression of a minority owner, a 50/50 deadlock, or a freeze-out that cuts you off from information and profits can threaten everything you have built. We represent majority and minority owners alike in protecting their stake and their standing.
Florida law gives owners important rights — to inspect books and records, to fair dealing from those who manage the company, and to relief from oppressive conduct. Claims may be direct (your own injury) or derivative (brought on behalf of the company). Where the relationship is beyond repair, a buyout or judicial dissolution may be the answer.
Whether you are bought out or buy out the other side, value is everything. We work with valuation experts and forensic accountants to make sure the number reflects what the business is really worth.
Conduct by those in control that defeats a minority owner's reasonable expectations — such as freezing them out of management, information, or profits.
Sometimes — through a buy-sell agreement, an oppression remedy, or a dissolution proceeding used as leverage toward a fair buyout.
Generally yes. Owners have statutory rights to inspect company books and records for a proper purpose.
A direct claim is for your own injury as an owner; a derivative claim is brought on behalf of the company for harm done to the business itself.
