The board meeting began at nine the next morning. Brian arrived with Gerald and two attorneys, both of them looking as though they still expected me to negotiate quietly. I brought my own counsel and the original shareholder agreement. The first item on the agenda was the proposed sale. The second was Brian’s attempt to represent my controlling interest as something that could simply be erased through divorce paperwork.
My attorney explained that no sale could proceed without my approval and that Brian’s email to the buyer had created a serious problem. He had represented ownership he did not control as though it were already resolved. The buyer’s attorneys immediately paused the transaction and requested a complete review of every document connected to the proposed acquisition.
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