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Business Succession Planning Podcast with Janathan Allen
Incapacity and Succession Planning for Closely Held Businesses and the People Who Operate Them
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THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR PART V video
THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR PART V Podcast
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Exploring Digital Asset Planning and Estate Administration With Author Sharon Hartung – Part One
Podcast: Key ESG Considerations for Family Offices and Foundations
Digital Planning Podcast: Digital Assets in Divorce, Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements, Families and Minors
Estate Planning & Family Law: How To Protect Your Assets For Future Generations
Episode 7: Conflict in the Family-Owned Business: A Conversation with Professor Benjamin Means
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To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving independent sponsor landscape, Robert Connolly – a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group and leader of LP’s Independent Sponsor team –...more
It has been an active time for transactions in the Petroleum and Commercial Fuel industries as long-standing family concerns cash out and institutional buyers look to drive shareholder value. These deals can be fraught with...more
Our Federal Tax Group discusses straightforward solutions to scenarios that may apply when a family-owned business is structured as a C corporation for tax purposes....more
Don’t Be Unreasonable- Much has been written of late regarding the payment by a business of various personal expenses incurred by its owner or certain key employees. The payment of an owner’s personal expenses appears to...more
Section 1100 (d) of the California Family Code provides that, subject to two exceptions, "a spouse who is operating or managing a business or an interest in a business that is all or substantially all community personal...more
On March 23, Bass, Berry & Sims once again sponsored and participated in the Smart Business Dealmakers conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The full-day conference included over 200 middle-market CEOs, top private equity and...more
In the latest installment of the Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast, titled Exploring Succession and Generational Change, Kevin Adams, Principal and Managing Director of The Mountain Group and Adam Dittman, discuss...more
This is the final article in our series on selling the family business. Our previous articles include advance planning, preliminary diligence, marketing, letters of intent, indemnification provisions, backstopping the deal,...more
Unlike in litigation, most parties to an M&A transaction are actively working towards a shared, overarching goal. Namely, they both want to get the deal done expeditiously. However, it would be a mistake to assume that the...more
This is the sixth article in our series on selling the family business. If you need to catch up, please read our previous articles on advance planning, preliminary diligence, marketing, letters of intent, and indemnification...more
This is the fifth article in our series on selling the family business. For a refresher on how we got to this point, read our previous articles on letters of intent, marketing, and preliminary diligence....more
This is the fourth article in our series on selling the family business. For a recap on our multipart series, read our previous articles on conducting preliminary diligence, and marketing the family business. Entering into a...more
This is the third article in our series on selling the family business. See our previous article on conducting preliminary diligence for a refresher on one of the most important things a family business can do to improve its...more
Selling a business is a complicated affair. Add to that the emotions and interpersonal dynamics involved in a family-owned business, and it's easy to see why many families wait too long to sell or experience less than stellar...more
IN BRIEF - The sale of a family business or any business with multiple owners creates potential conflicts among the owners as well as potential issues for the attorney representing the sellers. Among these issues are...more
Normally you don’t associate the lucrative sale of a closely held business with bitter disputes among the co-owners leading to judicial dissolution proceedings. When the cake is big enough, the thinking goes, each owner walks...more
After several months of telling family and friends that his wedding venue business on Big Bux Ranch was for sale, Jeff Bux is contacted by his biggest competitor Hustler Plentee who also owns a wedding venue in the next town...more
What It Takes to Sustain a Family Business Through Multiple Generations - On October 25, 2018, Garvey Schubert Barer convened more than 90 guests to its 4th Annual Family & Closely Held Business Summit. Produced in...more
This market offers family businesses a multitude of alternatives to selling your company. You are a family business owner....more
Buyers often prefer to structure family business acquisitions as taxable asset purchases. In a taxable asset purchase, the buyer is entitled to write up the basis of the seller’s assets to fair market value, and then going...more
If last week’s post summarizing the third panel from the Transitions in the Family Business: A Conversation with Family Business Owners and Leaders event piqued your interest in selling a family-owned business, you may have...more
This post is Part III in a three-part series summarizing and exploring Transitions in the Family Business: A Conversation with Family Business Owners and Leaders, a recent event for family-owned-business leaders that...more
Planning for a business succession – sale or transition of a business to new owners – is as important as planning for business formation or business operations. In our experience, however, planning for business succession is...more
With a wave of baby boomer business owners thinking about retirement, selling a business can allow founders to keep the company running while converting their ownership into funds for their future. Many times, owners have...more
We’ve all heard the chatter (or read about it in this blog). The owners of family businesses need to start thinking about their exit strategy. To put it in perspective, Robert Nason of John Molson School of Business reveals...more