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Bank Buy-Sell Agreements: What is Your Plan?
Poorly crafted, ill-conceived, outdated buy-sell agreements—or worse, no agreement at all or just “what we’ve always done”— offer endless examples of board members who’ve set themselves up.
Many banks and boards endlessly twist in the wind of litigation, as if a tornado has taken its toll, after a “triggering” event activates a poorly crafted, ill-conceived, or outdated buy-sell agreement.
Crafting a good buy-sell agreement is as much about...
Are Your Clients’ Buy-Sell Agreements Ticking Time Bombs?
Poorly crafted, ill-conceived, outdated buy-sell agreements—or worse, no agreement at all— offer endless examples of business owners who’ve set themselves up to destroy their own wealth! Many families and family businesses endlessly twist in the wind of litigation, as if a tornado has taken its toll, after a “triggering” event activates a poorly crafted, ill-conceived, or outdated buy-sell agreement. Crafting a good buy-sell agreement is as much about protecting owners, their...
The Seven Signs of Maximized Value: Helping Clients Successfully Sell Their Business
Nov 01, 2011
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Market Insights
Your business clients rely on you for legal advice with issues across much of their operations and throughout many of their milestones. There’s no bigger milestone, or better way to offer guidance, than when a client decides it’s time to sell. Understanding the complexities of the sales process and steering negotiations and contracts is only part of the transactional landscape. Pulling in M&A experts and valuation assistance, along with professional accountants to help identify tax...
What Is Your Bank Worth?
The economy has battered many industries but is hopefully improving after three years of recessionary forces. Your bank may be one of many that struggled greatly based on your loan portfolio and the industries you work with. You may be one of the fortunate ones whose income and loan portfolio were not really affected. Most likely, you are somewhere in the middle and have had some loan problems and, as a result, an increase in your loan loss provision has reduced your earnings. With the recent...
