Navigating Business Disputes

Description

Business partnerships are built on trust, but they thrive on transparency and clear expectations. When disputes arise, the stakes are personal, financial, and operational. Hahn & Hahn LLP partner and Litigation Department Chair Jason Lyon provides practical, real‑world insight into how partnership disputes arise and offers tips to spot risk early, protect value, and avoid costly conflicts. Designed for directors, officers and shareholders of closely-held businesses, general and limited partners, and LLC managers and members, this session blends legal insight with practical governance and prevention strategies grounded in experience.

Key takeaways will include:

• Why partnership disputes in closely held and family businesses are fundamentally different and more emotionally charged than typical commercial litigation
• Common warning signs, including frozen‑out partners, expense abuse, deadlocks, and succession breakdowns
• Critical agreement provisions and governance practices that can prevent disputes or make them far less disruptive if they occur
• Practical strategies for protecting business value, confidentiality, and relationships when conflict becomes unavoidable