Attorneys in the Group regularly represent owners of family and closely-held businesses in all aspects of business succession planning with the overriding goals of minimizing income and estate taxes and maintaining long-term harmonious relationships among family members and key non-family employees. Our work in this area includes:
- Tax planning
- Lifetime gift planning
- Shareholder and buy/sell agreements
- Ownership transfers
- Wealth transfers
- Dispositions
- Transition strategies
- Arrangements for non-employee owners