Even the closest business partnership needs a buy/sell agreement in place. It can help protect everything you and your partners have built.
Businesses between friends and family can work great, but if someone dies or acquires a permanent injury, the lack of a formal agreement can lead to a painful dispute and eventual financial ruin.
If you’re a small or medium business owner and in a partnership, you may not have thought about the implications of a partner’s death or disability. After all, it’s not the happiest of subjects. Yet a little bit of forethought on how your business could keep going if this was to happen could save a lot of heartache.