New York’s Largest Corporate Dissolution | AriZona Iced Tea
Buy-sell agreements are critical corporate documents. I’ve said that many times and in three books on the topic. This post is about a case in which the parties did not have a buy-sell agreement. They were involved in litigation over the buyout of one 50% owner (not in management) by the other (in management). There was a trial and, following the trial, a private settlement. I was involved in the case and so now am providing an analysis of the case. The text of the analysis begins:
After several years of litigation involving a number of hearings and trials on various issues, a trial to conclude the collective fair value of a group of related companies known as the AriZona Entities occurred.
The Court’s decision in the AriZona matter was filed on October 14, 2014. I have not written about the AriZona matter because I was a business valuation expert witness on behalf of one side. The parties recently closed a private settlement of the matter, so there will be no appeal.
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