Your carefully drafted Shareholders Agreement addressed several buyout scenarios. After discussing a formula-based valuation, everyone decided to look to a valuation expert to appraise the business and set the value Continue reading →

Corporate Counsel Group’s managing partner, Sheryl Nelson, recently served as a panelist in a family business Table of Experts discussion for the Kansas City Business Journal.   The article, “Family-Owned Businesses: Continue reading →

For a public company, the answer is clear.   The Corporate Secretary may or may not be part of the senior management team, but they have a key role in the Continue reading →

As part of an estate planning process, it is common for the owner of a closely-held business to execute a general durable Power of Attorney appointing an agent, also called Continue reading →

A primary benefit of forming a legal entity such as a corporation or limited liability company is that, as a general rule, the individual owners, officers and employees are shielded Continue reading →