It's not unusual for problems to develop among the equity owners of closely held business entities. Whether your company is organized as a corporation, a partnership or an LLC, errors, misunderstandings or dishonesty by one or more principals can lead to serious difficulties that eventually threaten the viability of the business itself.
Efficient Litigation Counsel in Partnership or Shareholder Disputes
If you need legal advice based on your concern about problems within your business organization, contact a knowledgeable lawyer at the Law Office of Michele L. Ross, LLC, in Englewood Cliffs. With extensive business and litigation experience, Ms. Ross understands the factors that can lead to a falling out among business owners or partners, and can present you with a range of options for resolving the problem on the best terms available for yourself, your company and other important long-term personal or professional interests.
Our law firm works with principals in family businesses, closely held corporations, professional partnerships and other privately held companies to protect and defend the various liability risks that can distract you from your daily business obligations, while also casting doubt upon the future of the enterprise. We represent both those clients who need to resort to legal action to protect interests defined in a shareholder agreement or operating agreement and clients who need to respond to allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty or fraud.
In many cases, what begins as a straightforward civil action for violation of rights under a company's bylaws, operating agreement or shareholder agreement, can turn into a highly complex litigation involving counterclaims and cross-claims with multiple parties. Familiar with the investigative, strategic and adversarial demands that corporate or partnership disputes can generate, Bergen County shareholder litigation attorney Michele L. Ross, Esq. can help you chart a path toward a favorable resolution by focusing on the key issues and avoiding the distractions of trivial or unsupported claims and defenses.
New Jersey Partnership Disputes Attorney: Call 201-568-2064 or 888-681-7885
Once you have a clear sense of your immediate and long-term priorities in a partnership or shareholder dispute, you stand a good chance of resolving it on positive terms. Ms. Ross can help you find the right strategy for approaching all kinds of problems within an equity group:
- Oppression of minority shareholder interests
- Misappropriation of corporate opportunities, conflict of interest or violation of the duty of loyalty
- Disputes as to capital contributions, ownership shares or title to particular business assets
- Problems generated by the departure or replacement of an original member of the equity group
- Problems between members of opposing factions after a merger or the purchase of a business
- Disputes as to basic management decisions or the broad direction of the business
- Violation of nonsolicitation, noncompete or confidentiality agreements
For additional information about our law firm's approach to client service in corporate or partnership litigation, contact the Law Office of Michele L. Ross, LLC, in Englewood Cliffs.
