Business & Commercial Law

Going into business with someone you can trust can be an exciting experience. After all, you share common goals and aspirations – growing your business and making profits. But what happens when you learn that your business partner is dishonest? What steps should you...

Partnerships play a vital role in driving growth and success. However, like any relationship, business partnerships can be faced with challenges and conflicts. When these disputes escalate to a point where the co-owners or shareholders can no longer work together,...

Dissolving a partnership can be challenging. Reviewing your partnership contract and knowing what legal options are available is important. Whether due to irreconcilable differences, changing business goals or other reasons, taking the right steps is crucial when...

A partnership agreement is the heart and soul of any business entity with multiple owners. This legal document articulates the rights and obligations of each party, ownership terms, dispute management as well as what happens when one party wants out.  However, a...

Entering into a business partnership with another party can be a very exciting experience. If everything goes to plan, you can pool your resources, grow your portfolio, broaden your market reach and create wealth. But, like in any relationship, it is not uncommon for...

When you go into business with one or more other individuals as partners, it is a good idea to draft a partnership agreement that will serve as the foundation of your professional relationship. This agreement can be a binding contract that keeps business running...

It is already difficult enough to disentangle assets during a divorce. This is even more true when it comes to couples that own and run a business together. How do business owners handle the dissolution of their marriage? Buy-sell arrangements Forbes discusses ways to...

While a written contract is easier to enforce, an agreement you made with one or more business partners to start a company and share profits and losses is enforceable, even if it was oral in nature. This means that you can hold a partner who violates the agreement...

A business partnership is an agreement between you and at least one other person in which you start, own and run a business together. When you first start the business, it may be difficult to imagine a situation in which you would ever leave it. Nevertheless, there...

Mergers and acquisitions are powerful moves for a company to make. Your business can leverage its success and strong revenue to make great leaps forward by expanding via the acquisition of another entity. While an acquisition certainly serves to bring many resources...