Lorman Webinar on Buy-Sell Agreements, Feb 2, 2017

Feb, 2, 2017
1 pm to 2:30 pm EST

Learn about the complexities of preparing and drafting successful buy-sell agreements and how to avoid common mistakes.

Every closely held entity (corporate, LLC, or partnership) that has more than one owner should have a buy-sell agreement. This document establishes the ground rules for determining when a shareholder or member can sell her shares, when she must sell her shares, and when she can require another shareholder or member to sell its shares. Valuation issues, successorship issues, governance issues, funding issues, change-in-control issues, even confidentiality and non-compete issues can all be addressed in a single document. Learn about the opportunities, and perils, inherent in a document that is too often treated as a fill-in-the-blanks form, if it is considered at all, from a member of the ABA Section of Business Law's committee drafting a model shareholder agreement.

Learning Objectives

- You will be able to define equity transfer restrictions.

- You will be able to describe options for funding buy-outs triggered by unexpected events.

- You will be able to identify and address ethical concerns that can arise in working with closely held companies.

- You will be able to discuss multiple ways for determining a company's value over time.