COURSE DESCRIPTION
Navigate the emotionally charged and legally complex world of business partner disputes where personal relationships collide with commercial interests in conflicts that threaten business survival and personal financial security. This foundational program provides essential guidance on the legal and strategic considerations that govern business dissolution and partner exit scenarios. Master the fundamental concepts that drive successful resolution of partnership and shareholder disputes.
- Compensation and retirement plan-based techniques for accomplishing a business divorce
- Special issues when a business divorce involves a distressed business
- Role of confidentiality, non-competition, and non-solicitation agreements as part of the divorce
- Important intellectual property issues, including customer lists, goodwill and trade secrets
- Preservation of valuable tax attributes
Speakers:
Frank Ciatto is a partner in the Washington D.C. office of Venable, LLP, where he has 20 years' experience advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, limited liability cocmpanies, tax and accounting issues, and corporate finance transactions. He is a leader of his firm's private equity and hedge fund groups and a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Subcommittee of the ABA Business Law Section. He is a Certified Public Accountant and earlier in his career worked at what is now PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York. Mr. Ciatto earned his B.A., cum laude, at Georgetown University and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Norman Lencz is a partner in the Baltimore, Maryland office of Venable, LLP, where his practice focuses on a broad range of federal, state, local and international tax matters. He advises clients on tax issues relating to corporations, partnerships, LLCs, joint ventures and real estate transactions. He also has extensive experience with compensation planning in closely held businesses. Mr. Lencz earned his B.S. from the University of Maryland and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.