Joint Venture and Shareholder Disputes
Disputes between shareholders and joint venture parties can be confrontrational, time-consuming, distracting – and highly destructive of value. The parties are commercial actors, and in almost all cases they will be best served by using the legal framework to reach a commercial solution.
Advising on legal rights and obligations is only the starting point. A true understanding of the dispute’s commercial context is far more important in advising on a strategic approach, on the route to take, on dealing with the other side, and on resolution and exit strategies. From the outset, it is vital to have the outcome in mind.
Our clients gain from our firm’s experience in advising on corporate transactions, and the shared expertise of corporate and dispute resolution specialists.
Internationally, we act on the full range of shareholder, joint venture and M&A disputes, in situations where the parties wish to continue working together, where they cannot do so, and where they have terminated their relationship but still have unresolved issues.