Few business owners want to work with the spouses or children of a partner who can no longer perform their duties. In this situation, buy-sell agreements are best for severing ties. When a company has ...

Fifty-three percent of family business owners have a buy-sell agreement. Are you one of them? A buy-sell agreement can protect your business against many unexpected events. When preparing your ...

In today’s complex business landscape, advisors play a vital role in guiding business owners through critical transitions, and succession planning is paramount among business owners’ concerns. While ...

In the high-pressure world of restaurant ownership, partnerships can be as delicate as they are rewarding. When business owners don’t plan for the unexpected—whether that’s a partner’s departure, ...

Business owner clients seeking to use the shrinking estate-tax window to pass down closely held shares may need to think through new or updated buy-sell agreements. For business owners trying to ...

With apologies to the pseudonymous children’s book author Watty Piper, this is the story of a humble buy-sell provision in a family-owned LLC’s operating agreement that temporarily ran out of steam in ...

Peabody Publishing LP, 2007, 324 pp. Predicting the future is practically impossible. For businesses, that uncertainty makes planning crucial. Z. Christopher Mercer offers a granular look at one ...

With so many components involved, it makes sense to periodically review your buy-sell agreement. This review tool will help you assess the viability of your current agreement and identify those areas ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. When it comes to succession planning, Logan Roy isn’t the only patriarch without a plan to ...