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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Majority Owners Achieving Balance: Incentivizing Employees Without Giving Up the Keys to the Whole Kingdom

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Success is not just an elusive goal – it can also be difficult to maintain once achieved. For majority owners in private companies, achieving success is just the first hurdle, because once they arrive at this pinnacle, they...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Unlocking the Power of Equity-Based Incentive Compensation: Basics of Profits Interests

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This article is the fifth in our series on equity-based compensation intended to assist employers with answering a common question: What type of equity compensation award is best for our company and our employees?...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

“Equitable Buyout” as a Remedy for LLC Wrongdoing?

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In the world of LLCs, buyouts — where one member sells his/her membership interest to another member or the LLC itself — are commonplace. Buyouts generally fall into one of two categories: contractual — where the...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Shared Appreciation Interest: Debtor-Creditor or Partners?

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When is a loan not a loan? When it’s something else – for example, equity. This is one of those pesky facts and circumstances issues that plague courts, taxpayers, and tax advisers to no end. Debt- On one end of the...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

A Loan Is a Loan Is a Loan, Except When It’s Equity

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Disputes over capital accounts and equity percentages are frequent fodder for business divorce litigation — especially in LLCs without operating agreements. Exemplars previously treated on this blog include Chiu v Chiu, an...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Deferring the Tax Hit on a Grant Equity to an Employee – Are You Prepared to Enforce the Forfeiture Provision?

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“Would I ever leave this company? Look, I’m all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I’m being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I’m going wherever they...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

An Ounce of Prevention: Preparing for Your Pre-Seed Financing Round

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Benjamin Franklin famously cautioned that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Although Franklin was warning the people of Philadelphia that preventing a fire is better than fighting one, the same admonition...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

NGE On Demand: Profits Interests: Granting & Receiving with Patty Cain and Josh Klein

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Interested in granting or receiving profits interests but confused by its features? NGE attorneys Patricia Cain and Josh Klein walk you through the compensation, tax, and corporate elements to consider as you navigate this...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

How to Resolve Competing Estate Plans of an LLC Owner with a Double Life

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Corporate shareholder and LLC operating agreements routinely contain provisions addressing the transfer of equity interests upon the death of an owner of a closely-held business. Such provisions are vital for succession...more

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