Corporate & Partnership Dissolutions.

When the partnership ends, precision determines what each side walks away with.

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OVERVIEW

Corporate and partnership dissolutions create a unique collision of legal rights, competing valuations, frustrated expectations and personal stakes.

Partners who once shared a vision now disagree about what the business is worth, who contributed what, and how assets should be divided or sold. These disputes often carry an element of financial distress: the dissolution itself may threaten the enterprise’s going-concern value, and delay can erode the very assets the parties are fighting over.

Jeremy has spent four decades representing majority and minority owners, managing partners and limited partners, founders and investors in these fractured relationships. He understands the valuation methodologies, the governance mechanics, and the human dynamics that drive these disputes toward resolution or deadlock. His precision-driven approach focuses on getting to the real numbers and the real interests, so parties can reach resolution before the value they’re fighting over disappears.

THE EXPERTISE

What Jeremy Brings to These Disputes.

Representative Matters

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Partnership & LLC Dissolutions

Partnership and LLC dissolution proceedings, including valuation disputes and asset allocation.

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Shareholder Oppression

Shareholder oppression and freeze-out claims in closely held businesses.

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Buyout Disputes

Buyout disputes, put/call exercises, and forced-sale proceedings.

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Joint Venture Dissolutions

Joint venture dissolutions, including competing claims to venture assets and intellectual property.

MATTERS RESOLVED

Types of Disputes We Mediate.

Each category below represents hundreds of mediations where Jeremy’s firsthand experience as former counsel informs every aspect of the resolution process.

Conflicts between company founders and their investors over company direction, dilution, liquidation preferences, and the exercise of protective provisions.

Closely Held Business Disputes

Conflicts among owners of closely held corporations and LLCs over management, distributions, compensation, and the direction of the enterprise.

Operating Agreement Disputes

Disagreements over the interpretation and enforcement of partnership agreements, LLC operating agreements, and shareholder agreements governing business relationships.

Minority Shareholder Oppression

Claims by minority owners alleging freeze-out tactics, exclusion from management, denial of information rights, and diversion of corporate opportunities.

Joint Venture Dissolutions

Resolving disputes arising from the termination of joint ventures, including competing claims to venture assets, intellectual property, and ongoing business relationships.

Corporate Deadlock

Breaking impasses between equal owners or evenly divided boards where the business cannot function, requiring creative solutions beyond traditional litigation outcomes.

Founder & Investor Disputes

Conflicts between company founders and their investors over company direction, dilution, liquidation preferences, and the exercise of protective provisions.

“Partnership disputes are never just about the business. They're about relationships built over years, trust that's been broken, and visions that have diverged. The mediator who understands that human dimension is the one who can find genuine resolution.”

Jeremy Richards

Mediator · Richards ADR

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Ready to Resolve Your Dispute.

Whether you’re navigating a shareholder conflict or a partnership dissolution, Jeremy’s experience representing every side can help find resolution.