Dispute Resolution Within Equity or Management Groups
Any company bigger than a sole proprietorship offers the potential for problems between partners, shareholders or executives. This potential has a way of becoming reality at critical times: rapid growth beyond the original scale of the enterprise, pressure from lenders or litigation adversaries, or even the death or divorce of a principal.
Southern California Shareholder Disputes Lawyers
For the advice of lawyers who are familiar with the resolution of partnership or shareholder disputes in Southern California, contact Boyd Contreras, LLP, in San Diego or Newport Beach. We can help you focus the issues and resolve disputes across a wide range of situations:
- Disagreements over capital contributions or distribution of profits
- Disagreements over major expenditures
- Oppression or squeeze-out of minority interests
- Disputes over the sale of the business or the transfer of a principal's interest
- Partnership or corporate interests affected by a prenuptial agreement, a divorce decree or an estate plan
- Breach of fiduciary duty claims with respect to business opportunities or confidential information
- Violations of partnership agreements, shareholder agreements, operating agreements or buy/sell agreements
- Management or governance problems related to bylaws, meetings, elections or ratification of unauthorized action
Our lawyers understand the sensitive nature of corporate or partnership disputes, and we make clear from the outset just who our client is — if we're representing the company, we can't represent a principal and vice versa. We are always careful to spot and disclose the conflicts of interest within and between equity groups.
Boyd Contreras, LLP, also knows how to find opportunities for the prompt and fair resolution of internal disagreements that can distract you from your business and threaten its viability. To learn how you can benefit from our experience, contact a San Diego partnership disputes attorney at either of our two locations.
