Our Mediation Services Focus On Resolving Business Disputes While Preserving Business Value
Disputes are costly for businesses. Whether it’s a business conflict or a personal one, legal fees add up and disputes bring about distractions that result in lost productivity as well as significant stress that can impact personal health. Our mission is to resolve conflicts quickly and effectively so you can stay focused on what matters most: achieving long-term business success.
Whether dealing with partner disputes, family business conflicts, commercial contract issues, IP infringement or something else, we step in to ensure that the business doesn’t become a casualty of the conflict. By leveraging decades of experience navigating complex business challenges, while maintaining full P&L responsibility, our business first legal second viewpoint provides a holistic approach to minimize lost value because of disputes.
Business experiences that guides our commercial mediation include:
- Leading a family business with ownership in 21 related businesses through a contentious ownership succession, resulting in complex negotiations and a management buyout.
- Founding several businesses around innovative products and developing the products that generated $10’s of millions in revenue.
- Negotiating a settlement with a Chinese contract manufacturer, while limiting production downtime to less than two months, after learning a sub-contractor was using counterfeit electronic components.
Core Services:
- Partner and Family Business Disputes: We mediate disputes between co-founders, business partners, and family-owned enterprises, ensuring that business continuity is preserved while resolving conflicts.
- Succession Planning Conflicts: When there’s an unexpected death or divorce, we guide businesses through the necessary negotiations to ensure continuity.
- Commercial Contract and Supply Chain Disputes: We mediate disputes that arise from breaches in contract, supply chain responsibilities, or quality issues, focusing on minimizing operational disruptions.
- Ownership and Shareholder Disputes: We resolve conflicts among shareholders or owners, ensuring that the business remains stable and value is preserved.
Success Example:
- Managed transitions in a family-owned business, balancing contentious family relationships and non-family shareholders amidst complicated situations. Averted a legal battle among minority shareholders in 21 companies through collaboration and leveraging company name/brand/trademark for unity.
- Transitioned from litigation to a negotiated resolution when a competitor was infringing patents. Engaging in coopetition, we secured a licensing agreement with royalties exceeding 20% on every unit sold by the competitor, along with back damages and restrictions on certain sales channels.