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UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE

Cost Free
Presentation Length 1.0 hour

Recorded DateAugust 12, 2014
CPE:Not available
(archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)
Course LevelBasic
Course Description

Partnership agreements need to speak to succession, compensation, governance, retirement, and more. Learn how to admit new partners, buy out partners, and establish criteria for success.

This webinar will address:
• Creating an agreement that has answers for most issues that can pop up.
• Understanding the options involved in partner succession, including death and disability.
• Alternative compensation programs.
• Knowing how to create a partnership agreement that attracts new partners.
• Making the survival of the firm the top priority in succession plans and internal valuations.
• How other firms value internal partner buyouts in today's market.
• Understanding the alternatives to partner succession, how to pay partners for working part time after they retire.
• "Eat what you kill" versus "All for one and one for all" approaches to partner buyouts.
• What you can and should include in your agreement now that can address issues down the road.
• Keys to ensuring your firm remains strong following changes in your partner group.

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Joel Sinkin is the President of Transition Advisors, LLC, a firm that exclusively consults on Mergers & Acquisitions for Public Accounting Firms. Mr. Sinkin is an expert in practice evaluation, succession planning, and transaction structure. He has personally overseen hundreds of transaction closings of accounting firms since 1990 and has worked with firms of all sizes, from sole proprietors to large regional and international firms. He consults on internal and external succession planning and provides complete transaction support, including valuations, alternative deal structures, documentation, due diligence, and transitional issues regarding partners, staff, and clients.

Transition Advisors is dedicated to working exclusively with accounting firms nationwide to:

  • Develop and execute strategies to expand through mergers and acquisitions
  • Identify objectives and create unique methods to facilitate retirement and other transition of owners
  • Build business plans and owner agreements to facilitate and manage internal succession


Joel teaches CPE courses and lectures for the AICPA, many State Societies of CPAs, National Accounting Organizations, and many other professional organizations. Mr. Sinkin is frequently quoted in trade magazines. He has had dozens of articles authored by him or about him published in The Journal of Accountancy, Accounting Today, CCH, The CPA Journal, Insight, The Practicing CPA, The Practical Accountant, Inside Public Accounting, CPA Practice Management Forum, Best Practices in People Management and many more. Joel co-authored BUYING AND MERGING CPA FIRMS published by PPC.

In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 Accounting Today named Mr. Sinkin one of the top 100 most influential people in accounting.

 

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