Iron Ark PLLC · Practice
Partnership & shareholder disputes.
Deadlock · freeze-outs · capital calls · buyouts · dissolution
Iron Ark PLLC represents partners, LLC members, co-founders, and minority and majority shareholders when a closely held business stops working. These disputes usually begin with control – a deadlock, a freeze-out, a disputed capital call, withheld distributions, or a contested removal – and end in a buyout, a dissolution, or a trial. We also represent the company itself when an internal fight threatens operations, lenders, or a pending sale. Our work starts with the governing documents: the operating or partnership agreement, the shareholder agreement, and the deal papers behind them. Eli Albrecht has drafted these provisions for sponsors and founders across hundreds of transactions; Brian C. Kerr has litigated partnership and governance disputes in state and federal courts nationwide. We price engagements as flat fees by phase, contingency, or a hybrid.
What we handle
Deadlock and management-control disputes.
Freeze-outs and minority-oppression claims.
Capital-call, distribution, and dilution disputes.
Buy-sell provisions and valuation fights on exit.
Books-and-records and information-rights demands.
Judicial dissolution, receivership, and custodian proceedings.
How it is priced
Flat fees by phase for most matters. Minority holders with strong claims against a solvent company or controlling partner may qualify for contingency or a hybrid structure.
When the network comes in
Typical additions are business-valuation and tax specialists and litigators admitted in the state where the entity was formed or does business. Network counsel work on assignments the lead team defines, and their work is reviewed before it goes out. Their cost sits inside the fee structure agreed at engagement – and on contingency matters, network attorneys join us on contingency.
When the partnership stops working, the documents start talking.
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