Few business owners want to work with the spouses or children of a partner who can no longer perform their duties. In this situation, buy-sell agreements are best for severing ties. When a company has ...

What Is a Buy and Sell Agreement? A buy and sell agreement (or buy-sell agreement) is a legally binding contract that stipulates how a partner's share of a business may be reassigned if that partner ...

In today’s complex business landscape, advisors play a vital role in guiding business owners through critical transitions, and succession planning is paramount among business owners’ concerns. While ...

Owners of S corporations, like C corporations, can execute buy-sell agreements to provide for the transition of a business owner’s interests based upon one or more triggering events. The S corporation ...

Business owner clients seeking to use the shrinking estate-tax window to pass down closely held shares may need to think through new or updated buy-sell agreements. For business owners trying to ...

Fifty-three percent of family business owners have a buy-sell agreement. Are you one of them? A buy-sell agreement can protect your business against many unexpected events. When preparing your ...

Buy-sell agreements often play a crucial role in the succession of family businesses. It's therefore essential to structure and fund them properly — and to understand how they can help fix estate tax ...

There are two significant reasons for a client to have an updated and funded buy-sell agreement. One is to allow the surviving partner to maintain sole control of the business if one of the owners or ...