Shareholder Dispute with Oppression:

Our client, a one-tenth owner of a very profitable business, was in a position of oppression.  He was no longer privy to financial statements, no longer receiving profit distributions (in the way of bonuses) that were prorated equally amongst the other shareholders and he was not informed of any aspect of the company's operations.  The nature of the dispute was very contentious, such that the process of gathering information for our valuation work was a very long, grueling process.

We worked very closely with legal counsel on this engagement and were involved in strategy sessions, examinations for discovery, information requests and numerous other initiatives.  As the file progressed, we were able to gather certain information and prepare preliminary sets of valuation analysis which indicated a significant value for our client's interest. 

The strength of our preliminary conclusions, coupled with legal counsel's strong negotiating ability, resulted in a settlement that was almost 15 times the amount initially offered by our client several years earlier (and rejected by the 90% owners of the company).  Our client was very happy with the multi-million dollar settlement and now is able to live his life without worrying about his significant investment. 

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