Disputes among business partners, members, shareholders, and other owners can threaten not only valuable investments, but the continued operation of the business itself. Peck Baxter represents owners, founders, investors, executives, and closely held businesses in disputes involving ownership, management, control, financial obligations, and the breakdown of business relationships.

Our attorneys handle claims involving breaches of partnership, operating, and shareholder agreements; fiduciary duties; distributions and compensation; access to books and records; dilution and ownership interests; self-dealing and misuse of company assets; deadlocks; minority-owner rights; and the removal or departure of owners and managers. We also represent clients in disputes involving business valuations, buyouts, dissolutions, and the division of company assets.

Because partnership disputes often combine complex legal issues with significant financial and personal considerations, Peck Baxter takes a strategic and business-minded approach to resolving them. We pursue negotiated solutions when they serve our clients’ interests while remaining prepared to seek emergency relief, litigate ownership and control issues, and take significant disputes through trial or arbitration.