Shareholder & Partnership Disputes
Shareholder and partnership disputes combine contentious relationships with complex valuations and historical financial reconstruction. We provide independent analysis of value, distributions, director conduct impacts and loss arising from oppressive or unfair behaviour.
When legal teams instruct us
- Unfair prejudice petitions (s.994 Companies Act 2006)
- Partnership dissolution and account-taking
- Deadlock breakup and buy-out negotiations
- Disputed dividends, drawings and related-party transactions
Deliverables
- Business and share/partnership interest valuations for dispute context
- Financial analysis of alleged prejudicial conduct
- Expert reports on quantum of buy-out or loss
- Court or arbitration testimony
Our process
- Step 1
Structure mapping
Cap table, partnership agreement and historical funding.
- Step 2
Financial reconstruction
Accounts, distributions and related-party flows.
- Step 3
Valuation / loss
Appropriate methodology for forum and case theory.
- Step 4
Reporting
Independent expert output for disclosure.
Frequently asked questions
Approach depends on company characteristics, market evidence and instruction - DCF, earnings multiples, net assets or hybrid methods as appropriate.
We address minority/marketability considerations transparently where legally and factually relevant.
Yes, subject to availability and conflict checks.
Our focus is commercial/shareholder disputes; matrimonial instructions are referred unless explicitly within scope.