Family and Business Succession Planning Strategies: Leading Lawyers on Navigating Key Tax Issues, Dealing with Family Concerns, and Avoiding Potential ... Closely-Held Businesses (Inside the Minds)

Family and Business Succession Planning Strategies is an authoritative, insider's perspective on key strategies for advising clients on succession planning for closely-held businesses. Featuring partners from law firms across the nation, these experts guide the reader through the key steps in helping clients develop personal and business succession plans in ways that will achieve their wealth transfer goals and ensure the smoothest possible transition. These top lawyers give tips on getting the client started on the planning process, discussing sensitive family issues, and working with the client s other advisors or employees. From effective tax planning to business valuation and cash flow considerations, these authors explain the key elements in creating a long-term exit strategy for a business owner that allows them to remain on sound familial and financial terms. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to navigating this ever-evolving area of law.

Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world's most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book.

Chapters Include:

1. Brad M. Kaplan, Member, Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso & Kessler LLC "Best Practices in Succession Planning for the Closely-Held Business"
2. Steve L. Waserstein, Partner, Waserstein Nunez & Foodman "Tax Issues and Client Strategies in Business and Family Succession Planning"
3. W. Donald Sparks II, Director, Richards, Layton & Finger PA "Effective Succession Planning for Closely-Held Businesses"
4. Steven A. Benefield, Partner, Christian & Small LLP "No Plan for the Succession of Your Business? Plan for the Business to Fail"
5. Ross N. Cohen, Attorney, Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC "Key Strategies for Creating Effective Family Business Succession Plans"
6. Ralph J. Code III, Partner and Tabitha M. Croscut, Attorney, Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson LLP "Best Practices in Developing a Business Exit Strategy for the High-Net Worth Client"
7. John F. Shoro, Partner, Bowditch & Dewey LLP "Preserving Wealth through Effective Succession Planning Strategies"

Appendices Include:

Appendix A: Sample Buy-Sell Agreement 1 Appendix B: Sample Buy-Sell Agreement 2 Appendix C: Estate Plan Questionnaire Appendix D: Antenuptial Agreement