SERVICES
Business Ownership and Commercial Disputes
Strategic counsel for New Jersey businesses and owners facing substantial commercial disagreements, member and ownership conflicts, and negotiated separations.
Disputes that affect control, value or the future of the business
The disputes that matter most to a company rarely start in court. They start between co-owners who no longer agree on direction, between a business and a key commercial partner, or at the point where founders decide to go separate ways. These are business problems first, and the legal strategy should serve the business outcome.
Liva Law works with owners and management on the disputes that carry real consequences: LLC member and shareholder conflicts, contested buyouts, deadlocks over control, and significant disagreements under commercial, technology and financial services agreements.
The work begins with a clear assessment of the documents, the economics and the options. From there it usually means structured negotiation, mediation or a negotiated separation. Where litigation is the right answer, Liva Law handles selected civil matters directly and selects and oversees trial counsel when the size or venue of a case calls for it. Outcomes depend on the facts, the agreements and the other side, and no particular result can be promised.
CAPABILITIES
What This Covers
LLC member and shareholder disputes
Ownership, control and deadlock conflicts
Negotiated buyouts and business separations
Substantial commercial and contract disagreements
Mediation strategy and representation
Settlement structuring and agreements
Selected civil litigation matters in New Jersey
Selection and oversight of outside trial counsel
Strategic assessment
A written read on the governing documents, the realistic range of outcomes and what each path is likely to cost, so decisions are made on the economics rather than on principle.
Negotiated separations
When co-owners need to part ways, structuring a buyout, valuation process or orderly exit that protects the business and the people in it.
Mediation and resolution
Preparing positions, documents and settlement terms for mediation and direct negotiation, which resolve many serious commercial disputes faster and with less disruption than a docketed case.
Litigation management
Where outside trial counsel is the right answer, selecting them, setting the budget and holding the matter to it, drawing on experience managing disputes from inside a company.
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