Business Dispute Resolution

SITUATION
A leading fresh meal delivery company found itself in a dispute with its largest shareholder that was inhibiting it from growing its business.

PROBLEM
The company’s largest shareholder, a publicly traded consumer goods corporation, was unfairly competing with the company.  The consumer goods corporation used its insider access to misappropriate the company’s confidential business information and trade secrets and enter the same market the company was operating in.

SOLUTION
We obtained evidence showing that the consumer goods corporation was using our client’s marketing and investor materials, meeting with our client’s top customers (including national grocery chains), and soliciting our client’s key employees and suppliers.  We leveraged this evidence to prepare a comprehensive demand letter, which paved the way to a favorable negotiated buy-out for our client.

BENEFITS
By separating from its largest shareholder, our client was able to reorganize its cap table and raise new capital to accelerate its growth plan.  It was also able to preserve its valuable trade secrets and key business relationships.

For more information, contact Alexander R. Safyan at 310-299-5500 or [email protected] .