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Re:I had my second company stolen. Also, bonus office scandal by marcus_holmes on Thursday June 13, 2019 @03:55AM (#20172629)
The lawyer could solve the technical issues of how to split the company up (or not).

But the real issue is the relationship between the founders. The business is screwed because these two people don't get on any more, and the business requires them to get on. Even a really competent lawyer can't solve that.

Re:I had my second company stolen. Also, bonus office scandal by qtplatypus on Thursday June 13, 2019 @05:35AM (#20173059)
When reading your comment I realised that working out how to manage distributing shared property between two people is basically the task of a divorse lawyer.

Which makes me think are there equiverlents of marriage counclers for business partners.

Re:I had my second company stolen. Also, bonus office scandal by marcus_holmes on Thursday June 13, 2019 @06:15AM (#20173255)
interesting question.

The closest I've seen to this is a professional chairman. I was on a board for a few years with a VC-appointed professional chairman, and he was really good with managing the relationships between the founders, VC's and executive team.