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Corporate Governance and Equity
Once your business is up and running, keeping it properly organized matters more than most owners realize, until a dispute arises, a lender asks for your corporate records or a potential investor wants to see your cap table.
Corporate governance covers the internal rules, documentation and equity arrangements that govern how your business operates and who owns what.
Common situations we help clients with:
Co-founders with no shareholders’ or operating agreement who suddenly disagree on a major business decision
A business that has been operating for years without proper annual consents or board resolutions, creating gaps in the corporate record
An owner ready to bring in an investor or key employee with equity but no plan or documentation in place
A company that issued equity informally over time and now has a disorganized cap table that needs to be cleaned up
Business partners who have reached a deadlock or falling out and need help navigating a “business divorce”, whether that means a buyout, a restructured ownership arrangement or a clean split
A women- or minority-owned business that wants to apply for New York State MWBE certification but needs to get its corporate records organized and complete before the application can be submitted
We help clients get organized, put the right documentation in place and structure equity arrangements that hold up when they need to.
Predictable options begin with a conversation.
Tell us what is in front of you. We will help you understand your options and what each one involves.