Lawyers play a critical role in negotiating and drafting contracts, but when business owners and investors enter into significant agreements regarding or on behalf of their private company, these documents are too important to leave them solely in the lawyer’s
“Adversity does not build character, it reveals it.”
James Lane Allen, Novelist, 1849-1925
The sudden onset of the Coronavirus has required private company business partners to confront unprecedented challenges. In some cases, the partners’ actions in dealing with the Pandemic
In the midst of a global Pandemic that is devastating to the health of our community and to our economy, the last thing on the minds of private business owners may be the future sale of their company. But while
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“Impostor syndrome is the voice in your head that overlooks, discounts and discredits your accomplishments.”
Jerry Colonna, author of “Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up”
We
Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.
— Dr. Spock, Star Trek, Starfleet Officer
The long-running legal saga between Enterprise Products Partners (“Enterprise”) and Energy Transfer Partners (“ETP”) may finally be nearing its end after the Texas Supreme
Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival—to be understood, to be validated,
to be appreciated.
William Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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The deepest principle of human nature is a craving
Our first blog post of the New Year looks back at an important case the Texas Supreme Court decided in 2019, and its potential impact on majority owners seeking to avoid fraud claims by new investors. See Int’l Bus. Machines
Like fish need water in which to swim, private company owners need to secure capital on an almost continuous basis. Capital is necessary to develop the company’s products and services, to retain top talent and to market and promote the
Entrepreneurs with visions of taking their company public one day may look forward to announcing their IPO by ringing the bell at the stock exchange on Wall Street and celebrating at an extravagant closing dinner with the founder team. These
The private company marketplace has become increasingly attractive to investors as the number of opportunities for investment has vastly expanded. There are approximately 6 million companies in the US, but less than 1% are publicly traded on a national stock
