Case results
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Corporate & Commercial
Outcome
$12M
Founder buyout negotiated
Two co-founders separated cleanly, with a buyout financed and closed before the dispute reached court.
Practice
Corporate & Commercial
Year
2024
Court
Negotiated, no proceedings
Duration
9 weeks
Lead attorney
Amara Lin
01 · The challenge
Two founders, one company, no exit plan
Our client and her co-founder had built a profitable agency but disagreed on its future. Their shareholder agreement had no buy-sell clause.
Staff and clients were starting to notice, and a deadlock threatened the business itself.
Company value
$24M
Shareholding
50 / 50
Deadline
Next financing round
02 · Our approach
A deal, not a lawsuit
We priced the litigation risk for both sides early, so a negotiated buyout became the obvious answer.
01
Weeks 1–2
Value the business
An independent valuation set a fair range before positions hardened.
02
Weeks 3–6
Structure the buyout
We arranged seller financing and a bank facility so our client could buy out her partner.
03
Weeks 7–9
Close and protect
Release, non-compete and client transition terms were signed together at closing.
03 · The outcome
Closed in nine weeks
Our client acquired her co-founder’s stake for $12M, kept every major client and avoided a court fight that would have frozen the company.
$12M
Buyout price
9
Weeks to closing
0
Clients lost
In their words
“Amara found a deal both of us could sign. We are still on speaking terms, which I did not think was possible.”
Founder
Creative agency, New York
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