How to Deal with Partnership Disputes - Options, Negotiation & Strategy

Introduction

This webinar will consider disputes which may arise between co-owners of professional practices, whether partners or members of LLPs.

Some of the content will be applicable to disputes between shareholder-directors in professional practices, but the webinar will not cover employment rights or unfair prejudice.

It assumes a general knowledge of the law relating to partnerships and LLPs and is aimed at those wishing to gain an increased level of sophistication in dealing with these disputes.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The nature of partnerships and LLPs
• Why disputes arise between partners/members
• How to avoid disputes if you can
• What to look for in a partnership or members' agreement
• Options if there is no agreement:
• Negotiation
• Dissolution
• Other?
• Key negotiating options
• The different options available to partnerships and LLPs
• Major sticking points:
• Valuation
• Payments - how much and when
• Liability
• Restrictions
• Ego
• Legal proceedings - what the courts can and cannot do:
• Partnerships
• LLPs
• How to short circuit many of the pitfalls that arise in partnership and LLP disputes

This webinar was recorded on 10th September 2024

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