Business Partnership Dispute Lawyers
The sources of partnership disputes are numerous: clashing egos, a new partner, declining revenues, arguments over profits or direction of the business, or simply poorly written partnership agreements that failed to anticipate the present situation.
San Francisco attorney Mike Carroll has extensive experience in partnership dispute resolution, as well as negotiation and drafting of partnership documents. He can bring parties together to work out a new arrangement or protect client interests while hashing out the details of business dissolution.
Serving the Bay Area and surrounding Northern California, we represent:
- Members of accounting firms, law firms, medical and dental practices and other professional associations
- Individuals in partnerships formed for fractional ownership of horses, airplanes or real estate
- Co-owners of boats, businesses and property
- Investment Partnerships
- General partnerships in dispute with limited partners
Can We Fix This? Resolving Partnership Disputes
Mike Carroll gets to the heart of the disagreement and determines what remedies exist, including mediation, or arbitration clauses in the partnership agreement. If all parties are open to resolution, the fix may be as simple as re-drafting the agreement. In our experience, accounting firms often parse agreements too closely, with no allowance for change or flexibility, while law partners tend to play it too loosely, without clearly delineated boundaries. And medical partnerships are often thrown into disarray over the decision of whether to cut the new physician in. Every partnership is unique, but when disagreements are brought into the open and addressed in clear legal terms, we can often avert disbanding the partnership or forcing one partner out.
Dissolution of Partnership
When the issues are too fundamental or there's too much water under the bridge, it may be time to dissolve the partnership. Mr. Carroll makes sure his clients are treated fairly in division of assets and liabilities. How is the money split? Who gets the medical equipment? Who's on the hook for a pending malpractice claim? How will an accounting firm's clients be divided?
Mike Brooks has the negotiation and trial experience to protect his client’s interest. Contact us today at 415.788.7600 to discuss your partnership dispute or partnership formation.
